{"id":3021,"date":"2022-11-12T22:33:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T22:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2022-11-12T22:34:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T22:34:15","slug":"why-campaigners-want-prisoners-released-on-wednesdays-rather-than-fridays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/?p=3021","title":{"rendered":"Why campaigners want prisoners released on Wednesdays rather than Fridays"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"color: #f2f1ec;\">The Ministry of Justice says it will &#8220;carefully consider&#8221; the proposed law change having previously announced plans to curb Friday releases, acknowledging it &#8220;will reduce reoffending and make our streets safer&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #f2f1ec;\">A move to end Friday prison releases would help stop freed inmates walking straight back into the arms of criminal gangs, campaigners have said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #f2f1ec;\">Supporters of the change argue it would tackle the &#8220;dreaded race against the clock&#8221; in which former prisoners struggle to access housing, benefits and healthcare services before the weekend, leaving some temporarily homeless and increasing the risk of reoffending.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #f2f1ec;\">Backbench legislation has been proposed in parliament that would give prison governors discretion to release those most at risk up to 48 hours earlier to ensure they can receive assistance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #f2f1ec;\">The Ministry of Justice has said it will &#8220;carefully consider&#8221; the Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill, which is due to be presented to the Commons by Conservative MP Simon Fell on 2 December.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff914d;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/amp\/why-campaigners-want-prisoners-released-on-wednesdays-rather-than-fridays-12737869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3021"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3026,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3021\/revisions\/3026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speirenua.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}