Parole Board hints at clampdown on early release of serious crime prisoners

A CLAMPDOWN on early release for people convicted of serious offences is under consideration by the Parole Board.

Parole Board hints at clampdown on early release of serious crime prisoners

In the board’s first annual report, published yesterday, chairman Gordon Holmes defended the judicial system on the remission of sentences for long-term prisoners, claiming it could not be considered as “excessively liberal”.

He said prisoners of good behaviour could only be entitled to remission of the balance of their sentence after serving three-quarters of the term.

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