# Early-released prisoners committed record 46,459 offences in late 2024

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/labours-soft-justice-bonanza-sees-number-of-new-crimes-committed-by-freed-lags-hit-record-high-as-it-emerges-more-than-79000-prisoners-have-now-been-let-out-of-jail-early/
- Published: 2026-10-29T11:02:31+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T11:17:44+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16248871/Labours-soft-justice-bonanza-sees-number-new-crimes-committed-freed-lags-hit-record-high-emerges-79-000-prisoners-let-jail-early.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Early released prisoners committed 46,459 offences in late 2024.
- The overall reoffending rate rose to 30.1 per cent.
- More than 79,000 prisoners had been released early by June.

## Summary

Official figures show that prisoners released in England and Wales under Labour’s first early release scheme committed a record number of new offences in late 2024. The figures have renewed scrutiny of the policy, which was introduced to ease pressure on prisons and has since been replaced by a broader scheme with larger sentence reductions.

People released between October and December 2024 committed 46,459 offences, around 7.55 each on average, compared with about 34,900 offences a year earlier. Across offenders released from custody or given other punishments, there were more than 138,400 further offences and the reoffending rate was 30.1 per cent. More than 79,000 prisoners had been released early by the end of June; the new scheme is expected to release up to 50,000 a year, but its individual release figures will not be published separately.

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