UK prisons

The PM says the justice secretary will present a plan in September to prevent more early releases.

None of the solutions proposed are quick or easy and some carry political risk, writes UK correspondent Daniel Sandford.

The prison overcrowding crisis presents the new PM with a dilemma for which there are only unpalatable choices.

The PM is changing the scheme for some prisoners after a police officer's widow said the possible early release of his killers was "deplorable".

Calvin Buckley, whose partner Frankie Jules-Hough and unborn child died when she was hit by a motorist in May 2023, says there is no way her killers should be up for early release.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says the government's changes to the early release scheme are only a "partial climbdown"

Under the policy, due to begin in October, thousands of prisoners in England and Wales who would have been freed after 50% of their sentences will be released after 33%.