Thousands of inmates to be freed as minister says prisons 'on point of collapse

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  Thousands of  prisoners  to be released early to  free  up  space in prisons
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood says  inaction  would  lead  to  'collapse  of the criminal justice  system'  and  'breakdown  of  the  criminal  justice  system'

Prisoners on  'standard  sentences'  to  be released after serving 40% of their  sentence,  rather than half

  But  there  will  be  exceptions  for  serious  sex  and  violent offenders

 Prison  population  stood  at  87,505  last  week,  similar  to  2011  record  of 88,00.
  
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said  in  Washington  this  week  the situation  was  "worse  than I  thought".
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