One inmate said 'big up Keir Starmer' as his family met him in a white Bentley and a black Mercedes G-Wagon outside HMP Swaleside, in Kent, as part of the early release scheme

The prison population is increasing by 4,500 every year and the Government has committed to creating 14,000 additional prison spaces.

Brooks, who served seven years behind bars for kidnap, was one of 1,100 inmates expected to be let out of jail early on Tuesday

Inmate Daniel Dowling-Brooks said “big up Keir Starmer” as he celebrated his release with his friends, mother and sister, who picked him up in a convoy of a white Bentley and

I am imagining the reactions of world leaders as they see the images of prisoners being released early onto UK streets being picked up in bl**dy Bentleys, cracking open Champagne in jubilation and laughing at our lax approach.

Inmates have celebrated Labour and the Prime Minister after they were released from prison early, with one shouting "big up Keir Starmer". Some 1,110 prisoners are being released early today as part of the Government's policy to free up prison space.