UK papers: 'Cop killers will go free' and 'Farage's sinking ship'
UK newspapers are reporting on a controversial early prisoner release scheme intended to prevent prison system collapse. While some violent offenders will be released, the government has clarified that rapists and groomers will remain incarcerated.
Why it matters
The policy highlights the tension between public safety concerns and the logistical crisis facing the UK's overcrowded prison system.
Image caption, Many of Tuesday's papers lead with the latest on the early prisoner release scheme. "Cop killers will go free", headlines The Sun. The paper says police officer Andrew Harper's widow has called the plans, which will not exclude prisoners such as Harper's killers, "disgusting".
Image caption, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has written in the Telegraph that he had "pushed to the very limit of what is possible" but couldn't exempt more prisoners from early release without the prison system "collapsing within months". The Telegraph also reports that the PM is "on holiday after two weeks in job".
Image caption, The Guardian highlights that "rapists and groomers will not be freed early". However, it adds that the PM "will still allow the domestic abusers and killers to go free" in October, and quotes a watchdog saying this puts the lives of women and girls "at risk".
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