UK: Labour’s Early Release Scheme Frees 30+ Prisoners by Mistake
27th September 2024
Labour’s early release scheme, launched to reduce overcrowding in British prisons, has now in error freed more than 30 prisoners who were never eligible for inclusion in the programme. Further denting the reputation of an already catastrophic government initiative, the latest revelation came on Thursday, September 26th.
Tucked away among the 1,750 prisoners who became eligible for release after serving just 40% of their sentences (down from the original 50% minimum) were approximately three dozen offenders who are not eligible for the new programme at all.
The problem with large nation-states is that they engender even larger bureaucracies, and the stupidity of a bureaucracy expands to meet the available budget, and the politicians are so preoccupied with buying votes that they have no money left for essential government services, like keeping criminals out of circulation.