Why the UK faces a prisons crisis amid row over release of cop killers

The UK’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham has become embroiled in a row about an early prison release scheme to alleviate overcrowding in England and Wales, which ignited furious public outcry when it emerged that two of the killers of Police Constable (PC) Andrew Harper could benefit from the plan.

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