# Labour refuses to reveal how many new crimes have been committed by prisoners freed under ‘chaotic’ new early release scheme

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/labour-refuses-to-reveal-how-many-new-crimes-have-been-committed-by-prisoners-freed-under-chaotic-new-early-release-scheme/
- Published: 2026-10-27T15:17:07+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T15:25:17+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16242979/Labour-refuses-reveal-new-crimes-committed-prisoners-freed-chaotic-new-early-release-scheme.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Business, Government, Markets, Politics, World

## Key points

- Ministers declined to provide separate figures on reoffending.
- The scheme could release up to 50,000 prisoners early each year.
- Labour says it is investing £100 million in electronic monitoring.

## Summary

Labour has declined to publish figures on reoffending among prisoners released under its early release scheme, prompting Conservative criticism that the programme lacks transparency and is poorly managed. The dispute matters because the scheme is expanding while police say they cannot respond to every reported breach of electronic tagging conditions.

The programme began on 1 October and is expected to release up to 50,000 prisoners early each year. Justice minister Catherine McKinnell said the Government was working to repair the prison system and investing £100 million in electronic monitoring, including a pilot to fit tags before release. The article says the Ministry of Justice plans to combine release figures with existing statistics, making the scheme’s numbers hard to identify; it also reports that Michael Bogle was jailed again after admitting 11 shoplifting offences soon after his release.

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