Certain categories, including life-sentenced prisoners and those serving extended sentences, remain excluded.
The new programme builds on an earlier Labour early-release initiative launched in September 2024, under which more than 70,000 offenders have reportedly been released so far.
Critics have raised concerns about the risk to public safety, citing cases in which offenders allegedly returned to crime shortly after leaving custody.
Michael Bogle, 38, a prolific offender and registered sex offender, was photographed leaving HMP Wandsworth on the first day of the latest release wave. He later admitted 11 shoplifting offences and was jailed again within days.
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