Who to free — killers or rapists?

The police, the prisons and the courts are all dysfunctional, thanks to the Conservatives

WELCOME TO Downing Street, Prime Minister! Now let us tell you how bad things really are. At least, that is the narrative the new Labour government is pushing across the board, feigning indignant surprise at the state of the country they are now governing. Nowhere is this more evident than with the crisis in England’s prisons. Barely a week after his victory, Sir Keir Starmer is already telling journalists left and right that he hadn’t realised how bad the lack of prison spaces in England and Wales had become before he became prime minister, even though all the relevant figures have long been on the government’s website. Indeed, his plan to tackle the crisis — releasing thousands of prisoners after they have served 40 per cent of their sentence instead…

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