Migrant groups push for detainee release after 4,000 prisoners given early discharge
CAMPAIGNERS questioned why immigration detainees are not being released from centres today following the announcement that low-risk prisoners are being given an early release.
On Saturday the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced that up to 4,000 prisoners with sentences of two months or less will be let out on temporary licence in an effort to control the spread of Covid-19 behind bars.
There have been 90 confirmed cases across Britain’s jails, and three inmates and two officers have already died from the virus.
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