Prisoners freed under Covid-19 plan ‘homeless’

A homeless agency says they are seeing an “influx” of prisoners who have been released early in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in overcrowded jails.

A homeless agency has said they are seeing an “influx” of prisoners who have been released early in a bid to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in overcrowded jails.

Inner City Helping Homeless said these former inmates are resorting to homeless services that are already “bursting at the seams” and ill-prepared to prevent the spread of the virus through homeless hostels.