Joe Robertson MP questioned Justice Minister, Shabana Mahmood in todays Justice Oral Questions on the impact of the Early Release Scheme for hyper prolific Offenders.
Joe Robertson said, "The Government’s early release scheme has an impact assessment for it to run for 10 years. For however long it does run, will the Government confirm that no prolific offenders will be released early?"
The Justice Ministers responded, "The impact assessment is done over the usual period of time, but I have committed to review the policy 18 months from the moment it was brought in, which is a commitment that we will keep. I recognise that we have a problem with prolific offending.
It has gone up over the last decade or so, which is why I have specifically asked the sentencing review panel to consider the interventions that we should make to cut the cycle of prolific offending."
