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licences mean nothing to them.” Rose Dixon, chief executive of Support After Murder and Manslaughter, blasted the entire early release system.
She said: “To know that someone can be released after just a couple of years is so distressing for the bereaved.
“That offender is going back to build a life back up, but for the bereaved family their lives will never be the same.
“The vast majority of manslaughter OUR revelations are a huge embarrassment for Justice Secretary David Gauke, who last week announced an expansion of the ROTL scheme.
Mr Gauke said hundreds more prisoners could be temporarily released to improve their job prospects.
He said ministers are consulting prison governors with a view to expanding the initiative, possibly to include higher-security cases carry a sentence of five years but they are freed in less than half that. If you kill someone, just say ‘I didn’t mean to do it.’ It will be reduced to manslaughter and you’ll be out in a couple of years.”
When approached by the Sunday People, Notarki accepted he had been the subject of an ROTL for the past 12 months but repeatedly denied visiting his home to see his family.
He said: “I go to pick up another jails. Mr Gauke said the scheme should not be restricted to category D prisons, which are used to house non-violent offenders. But the scheme has been dogged by controversy. In 2014 violent armed robber Michael Wheatley, 55, nicknamed the Skull Cracker, vanished after being allowed out of an open prison. He carried out an £18,000 building society hold-up before being recaptured. prisoner who I give a lift to. I pick him up when I finish work. I am not breaking my licence. There is no way I go home, at all.”
Referring to the ROTL scheme, he said: “I think this is a good opportunity for prisoners so that they can get involved in society.”
He added: “Why is it soft justice? There is not a moment that goes by that I don’t have regret about what I’ve done.”
A Prison Service spokesman said: “Open prison and work days can be an important part of rehab. But anyone breaking the rules can be sent to tougher, closed prisons to serve extra time.”