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Prison release plans spark fears but for ministers it is the only option

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72% Informative

Labour accused of doing things in government it didn’t advertise in advance.

But on the issue of letting prisoners out early, it was mentioned before polling day.

The last government also set criminals free before they had originally intended to for the same reason.

Capacity has come within 100 places of being exhausted in England and Wales in recent weeks .

So, ministers argue, they have no other option.

VR Score

69

Informative language

64

Neutral language

58

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

41

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

2

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