Revealed: 100 danger prisoners are let out every day in the UK

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NEARLY 100 of Britain’s most-violent prisoners get temporary release from open ­prisons each day, it emerged yesterday. […]

A record number of days out were granted to violent convicts last year, Ministry of Justice statistics reveal.

They show 1,600 inmates serving life or indeterminate sentences were awarded over 90,000 day release passes – double the number for 2009.

One in eight were later found to have breached the terms of their release by going on the run, committing crimes or returning late.

Peter Cuthbertson, of the Centre for Crime Prevention, said: “These are horrifying figures. They show the extent to which day passes are being massively overused for hardened criminals.

“This undermines punishments for serious offences and puts the public at very great risk.” […]

‘There needs to be a massive scaling back of day passes for lifers’, says Peter Cuthbertson […]

Get the full story here: Daily Express, 20 May 2014, link.