UK justice secretary unable to say how many early-release prisoners have been tagged

Summary

Alex Norris says ‘too soon’ to say how many released this week from jails in England and Wales have monitoring devices UK politics live – latest updates Alex Norris has been unable to say how many prisoners freed early from jail this week have been tagged, despite previous reassurances from the justice department. In an interview on Sunday, the justice secretary said it was “too soon” to say how many of the roughly 700 male prisoners let out on Thursday had been fitted with monitoring devices. Continue reading...

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