Prison overcrowding crisis limits ability to cut early releases, minister says

Prison overcrowding is limiting the government's ability to scale back its early release scheme, a minister says, according to BBC News. Some offenders will still be excluded, but those convicted of manslaughter may remain eligible, a prospect BBC News reports has left PC Harper's family "devastated."

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