Terry Matthews, walked out of HMP Nottingham yesterday, a week before he was originally due to be given his freedom, but admits he and other inmates probably 'shouldn't be released'.
An arsonist who set fire to his neighbour's car has criticised Sir Keir Starmer for releasing him and other prisoners early, claiming they are being 'set up to fail'.
He is one of 1,700 inmates being released this week under the government's plans to combat prison overcrowding, despite concerns that up to half of those set free could end up reoffending. Many of those who walked out from behind bars yesterday celebrated their early release, with friends and family holding impromptu celebrations outside prison gates, spraying former inmates with champagne.
He added that he had not had any accommodation arranged for his release, with the strict licence conditions which prevent him from returning home leaving him facing homelessness. Multiple inmates released yesterday revealed how they would have to spend their first night out sleeping in parks and on benches after struggles finding accommodation.
'If I was in charge, I would never have left homeless people out,' he told LBC yesterday. 'It's bonkers. I'm going to end up on a bench tonight. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood told the Commons that inmates who are homeless on release could be temporarily placed in taxpayer-funded budget hotels if there is not enough space in bail hostels and other community accommodation typically used for offenders.
A man drops a bag of belongings on the floor as he is reunited with loved ones outside HMP Elmley on the Isle of SheppeyMs Mahmood announced plans in July to temporarily cut the proportion of sentences which inmates must serve behind bars from 50 per cent to 40 per cent as the Ministry of Justice said overcrowding had pushed jails to the 'point of collapse'.
At HMP Nottingham, where Matthews was released yesterday, a fellow freed inmate in a grey tracksuit was soaked with bottles of £6.95 ‘I heart Bubbly’ after exiting the prison gates. One offender released from HMP Wormwood Scrubs after serving 19 months of a three-and-a-half year sentence for drugs offences, said he was pleased to be out but added: ‘I don’t know if I agree with everybody being released early, especially for more serious crimes.’
Downing Street also said the policy had to be brought in to avoid 'unchecked criminality' where the police and courts are unable to lock anyone up because there are no free cells.
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