Prisoners flipped middle fingers and made gun signs as they flooded out of jails in the third wave of Labour’s early release scheme.
Inmates were seen grinning and celebrating as they left prisons across England and Wales carrying bags of belongings.
One drug dealer vowed to start claiming benefits, while others embraced loved ones waiting for them outside the prison gates.
Among the 650 prisoners being released under Andy Burnham‘s soft justice reforms were inmates serving sentences of up to three years and two months.
Under the controversial plan to ease prison overcrowding, inmates are being released after serving just a third of their
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