Lack of safeguards over prisoners’ early release puts abuse victims at risk, Lammy warned

Victims commissioner and domestic abuse commissioner have warned ministers that failing to implement safeguards before early release of offenders under the new Sentencing Act puts abuse victims at risk, calling for an immediate pause. The law aims to address prison overcrowding, but victims are receiving release notices and panicking, with some installing CCTV. Charities say support services risk being overwhelmed, and the justice secretary and prisons minister face accusations of breaking promises on victim protections.