“Prisoners released early under a government scheme to cut jail overcrowding have been paid more than £5m in ‘compensation’ for losing free board and lodging. The figures — disclosed by Jack Straw, the justice secretary, after Tory pressure – have prompted a political row.” [Times Online]
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