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Labour Releases Criminals onto the Streets Early
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07, September #BrokenSystem, #TrendShock

Labour Releases Criminals onto the Streets Early

Under the government’s early release programme, 4,500 prisoners are due to be released from prison, including 2,500 before Christmas. The decision to set hardened criminals free has sparked a wave of public outrage.

To tackle the problem of overcrowded prisons, the Labour government decided to release 6,000 prisoners early from 1 September. Among those due to be freed were gang members, murderers, rapists and paedophiles. Following numerous appeals from victims of these criminals, Prime Minister Andy Burnham was forced to urgently revise the plans. The number of prisoners has now been reduced to 4,500, and their release from prison will begin on 1 October. The government claims that the most dangerous criminals have been excluded from the programme. The prisoners have been divided into two groups: the first will be released after serving one-third of their sentence, and the second after serving half. Officials say that those released early will be subject to the strictest control measures. These include special tagging and exclusion zones to prevent offenders from approaching their victims.

The Promises Were Not Believed

However, many social media users do not want to take Burnham at his word.

''Labour is now preparing to release hardened criminals serving IPP sentences directly onto British streets! These are violent offenders who were locked up indefinitely specifically because the justice system judged them to be a severe danger to society! Instead of immediately deporting the 10,000 foreign national offenders currently costing the British taxpayer millions of pounds, Labour is choosing to unleash our most dangerous domestic criminals just to make room!'' – writes David Shaw, a patriotic commentator from Nottingham.

Burnham’s decision has also drawn criticism from experts. The Guardian cites Mike Trace, chief executive of the Forward Trust charity, who points out that ''Today’s announcement delays rather than deals with the problem of prison overcrowding''. Moreover, there will inevitably be cases in which offenders who pose a danger to society are released early. The Prime Minister’s political opponents are making the same point.

''Burnham wants to stop the early release of some dangerous criminals… By releasing other dangerous criminals. Tonight the Justice Secretary refused to rule out watering down Parole Board assessments for IPP prisoners. This is reckless and dangerous - and we will fight it'', - writes Nick Timothy, the Conservative shadow justice secretary.

The Telegraph reports that around 100 murderers and rapists have already been released from prison under the early release programme.

The Danger to Victims of Crime Will Remain

The public also distrusts the promised measures to control criminals released onto the streets.

''It all sounds quite good on paper, but the establishment likes mission creep, it would be better to keep violent criminals in prison than release them and turn the entire country into a prison'', - says the author of the Darren of Plymouth account.

No tags or GPS trackers will prevent a criminal released early from going after their victim. The fact that the police will then be able to easily catch the offender and return them to prison will be of no help to the victim.

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A Somali-Born Driver Struck Five Pedestrians in London
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08, July #MigrantCrisis, #BrokenSystem

A Somali-Born Driver Struck Five Pedestrians in London

The incident took place on Ealing Broadway, where a car mounted the pavement and struck five pedestrians before the driver fled the scene. He was later arrested by police. Social media users have focused on the authorities’ response, arguing that they portrayed the incident involving a Muslim driver as nothing more than a routine road traffic collision. The driver has been identified as 34-year-old Timir Ahmed Mohamed. Born in Somalia, he now holds British citizenship. Following his arrest, investigators stated that they were treating the incident as a road traffic incident rather than an act of terrorism.
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Hundreds of Thousands of Girls Were Victims of Grooming Gangs
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01, July #MigrantCrisis, #BrokenSystem

Hundreds of Thousands of Girls Were Victims of Grooming Gangs

At least 250,000 cases of abuse involving girls across 149 areas of the UK are alleged to have taken place, according to the findings of an independent inquiry published in June in a report entitled Rape Gang Inquiry. The report’s conclusions, together with the response of the mainstream media, have generated widespread discussion on social media.
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