# Hundreds more offenders to leave jail on Tuesday

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/hundreds-more-offenders-to-leave-jail-on-tuesday/
- Published: 2026-11-10T01:06:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T08:26:59+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC Politics (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51kdk8z7ym3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Politics

## Key points

- About 650 prisoners are due for early release on Tuesday.
- The scheme aims to ease overcrowding in England and Wales.
- Those released will serve the rest of their sentence on licence.

## Summary

Around 650 offenders in England and Wales are due to leave prison early on Tuesday, in the third phase of a government scheme aimed at easing overcrowding. They will have served at least a third of their sentence in custody, with the remainder spent in the community under licence.

At least 1,350 people have already been released under the scheme, and officials expect that figure to reach 2,500 by the end of the year. The new group includes people convicted of burglary and fraud, as well as some offences involving violence; more than 70 categories, including rape and manslaughter, are excluded. Prison numbers stood at 86,982, with 2,076 places available, while victims’ groups have raised concerns and probation staff say monitoring those released adds to their workload.

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