Burnham has released ANOTHER 650 criminals early from jail today. Some were convicted of firearm offences and domestic abuse. The tagging system Burnham says will keep the public ‘safe’ from early release offenders is a joke. The government’s tagging contractor, Serco, failed to meet its targets for 15 months straight. They count an attempt at tagging as sufficient for these targets. More than 5,000 offenders walked free from prison untagged, despite court orders requiring them. Where tags are fitted, and there is a breach, police rely on Serco EMAILING them. These emails are only sent during working hours. If a breach happens after 6pm, the authorities are only alerted the following working day. Even then, senior police officers say they receive hundreds of breach notifications a day. Labour is simply emptying prisons onto the streets. Reoffending rates are at record highs. All this because the Tories imported 5 million net new people and built just 455 net new prison places to cope. We will deport the 10,000 foreign nationals in our jails to make space, and end early release for good. We will put the safety of the LAW ABIDING British people first.