Justice on Lockdown The UK's justice system has long been plagued by overcrowding, forcing successive governments to resort to emergency release schemes as a stopgap measure.
The latest attempt to ease pressure, announced earlier this week, has sparked widespread outrage among victims' families and advocates.
At its core, the decision to exclude those convicted of rape, serious child sexual offences, and grooming from early release programs is an acknowledgment that such schemes have become unsustainable.