Early release of prisoners sparks fears of rising homelessness and reoffending

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • Sky's Jason Farrell speaks to former prisoners from Wales who were released under the previous government's early release scheme last year, but have ended up on the streets as they have nowhere to live.
    About 1,700 prisoners were released from jails across England and Wales on 10 September in a bid to cut overcrowding - with thousands more anticipated to be freed in October.
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Комментарии • 228

  • @bl123-w8l
    @bl123-w8l 4 дня назад +51

    outrageous getting released without knowing. unable to make plans. the system has failed these people. It's a revolving door.

    • @jj-om3lx
      @jj-om3lx 4 дня назад +3

      No support but all the blame. Aka ignorance.

    • @jj-om3lx
      @jj-om3lx 4 дня назад

      OUR SYSTEM BLATANTLY IGNORING OUR PEOPLE.

    • @jj-om3lx
      @jj-om3lx 4 дня назад +2

      Enough said. I rest my case.

  • @erigrimo2455
    @erigrimo2455 4 дня назад +88

    It’s disgusting no one should be left homeless

    • @ETHAN_TALKS_FPL
      @ETHAN_TALKS_FPL 4 дня назад +6

      who will fund for new houses?

    • @Callum1786
      @Callum1786 3 дня назад

      He wasn't. He used the temporary accommodation provided to him to get straight back on drugs and begin committing crime again. It's exactly the reason this early release scheme is a failure and the only reason it has been done is a lack of foresight into prison spaces.

    • @sparklingwater1430
      @sparklingwater1430 3 дня назад

      Us, if we stopped pumping our tax money into the armed forces and the royal family

    • @Michael.McFalan
      @Michael.McFalan 2 дня назад

      Just get a job and rent a room

    • @Sam-bz1hr
      @Sam-bz1hr 2 дня назад

      exactly what i had to do ​@@Michael.McFalan

  • @suecole7338
    @suecole7338 4 дня назад +46

    They are being set up for failure and all the good work they achieved in Prison wasted.

  • @jj-om3lx
    @jj-om3lx 4 дня назад +49

    Bloke is a human bieng surviving. System is sickening. Should be braught to justice and shamed. Enough is enough.

    • @jj-om3lx
      @jj-om3lx 4 дня назад +1

      If he was my big brother...

  • @GIBBO4182
    @GIBBO4182 4 дня назад +54

    Funny how we can always find room for other people, isn’t it? What chance has this guy got?

    • @tabularasa7775
      @tabularasa7775 4 дня назад +7

      As much chance as i had whilst homeless in Germany and walked in off the streets into a burger king and started work the following week .

    • @carlbland68
      @carlbland68 4 дня назад +6

      @@tabularasa7775 loved germany such a nice country compared to the druggie dump of the uk

    • @larsbjrnson3101
      @larsbjrnson3101 3 дня назад +3

      Nobody did protest for the homeless but it's always a place for a "whatabout".

  • @PragerFenster
    @PragerFenster 4 дня назад +51

    Please include a link for donations to these wonderful women!

    • @kingayman5225
      @kingayman5225 3 дня назад +2

      Exactly what I was thinking, couldn’t even name it at least?

  • @natbirchall1580
    @natbirchall1580 4 дня назад +18

    I share the journalists admiration for these women.

  • @AbigailBrown-wk7xl
    @AbigailBrown-wk7xl 4 дня назад +68

    There should be support. There should be a plan in place to help them

    • @ianhayes3980
      @ianhayes3980 4 дня назад +6

      There is they are meant to get help from probation officers but because he was let out early the probation office didn’t know he was coming and they had no way to help him at that time his name wasn’t on their list until his original release date so nothing they could do and as his already out that basically means even when his name makes it to the top of their list they won’t help him because they only help people who have just been released

    • @minglingli7097
      @minglingli7097 4 дня назад +3

      @@ianhayes3980danm uk system is so flawed everywhere

    • @secsteria
      @secsteria 4 дня назад +4

      nah there shouldnt tbh. why should offenders get help when theres decent people struggling with housing

    • @secsteria
      @secsteria 4 дня назад

      @@ianhayes3980 who cares? hes blaming everything but himself for his addiction

    • @minglingli7097
      @minglingli7097 4 дня назад +2

      @@secsteria decent people struggle and those people not getting the support is caused my the same issue ……. Mis use of resources and poorly managed government

  • @alanrogers9597
    @alanrogers9597 3 дня назад +14

    Glad to see that Labour did their research before letting the cons out.

  • @PragerFenster
    @PragerFenster 4 дня назад +10

    That is horrifying. And stupid!

  • @JohnFrenchMSc
    @JohnFrenchMSc 4 дня назад +66

    I'm so happy that I completely gave up on the UK and permanently left in 2007.

    • @Nathanlloydhewitt
      @Nathanlloydhewitt 4 дня назад +20

      Yeah, that’s really helped the poor fella here and everyone else…

    • @richguest
      @richguest 4 дня назад +2

      Same here, I left in 2006.

    • @cultfiction3865
      @cultfiction3865 3 дня назад +7

      It's the smartest thing anyone could do that lives here. The country is dull and depressing on every level

    • @pj-vq3by
      @pj-vq3by 3 дня назад +2

      People doing that have helped to wreck other countries
      NZ is a prime example...we had a thriving country before 1.2 million immigrants all decided to run away from their own countries problems and now our country is also farked.

    • @JasonBarker_YT
      @JasonBarker_YT 3 дня назад

      @@pj-vq3byno one is running away from their ‘own’ problems. They’re running away from bad decisions made from parliament. It’s not running away…. It’s choosing better.

  • @xena2559
    @xena2559 4 дня назад +17

    0:48 that shop sign did it for me 😂. The sign says to a potential thief - Stop! Don't shoplift! Of course they would listen 😂 how wouldn't they when there's an exclamation mark! Am I the only one under the impression that there's more and more idiocracy in this world?

    • @GIBBO4182
      @GIBBO4182 4 дня назад +4

      We need a bigger sign - politicians

  • @alanheath7056
    @alanheath7056 4 дня назад +8

    If there paying him for his story they should of gave him a Parker, Tent, Backpack, from Charity shop instead of Cash.

  • @jeffhgv
    @jeffhgv 4 дня назад +19

    Addicts should be in a safe secure environment until they’re free of drugs. Prisons have drugs, some wardens bring them in. It’s not helping these people it’s escalating the problem.

  • @shanghaichica
    @shanghaichica 4 дня назад +33

    They should get them accommodation when they are released. How can they release someone from prison if there is no place for them to go. I thought they used to put them in hostels?

  • @jj-om3lx
    @jj-om3lx 4 дня назад +14

    WE NEEED MORE PASSION AND KINDESS. URGENT.

  • @robbiewolfendale9619
    @robbiewolfendale9619 3 дня назад +6

    And yet we have hotels paid for people who have no right to be here this country makes me laugh

  • @SassyO100
    @SassyO100 4 дня назад +14

    I hope Sky bought this man some underwear

  • @BrianWillcox-qp2hr
    @BrianWillcox-qp2hr 3 дня назад +7

    It's always been like that. The resettlement department in prisons ( who are supposed to find inmates accommodation) are unfit for purpose &, to put it bluntly, are useless.

  • @harmoneyreilly4225
    @harmoneyreilly4225 4 дня назад +5

    It's so sickening how homeless people and people coming out of prison ect are treated shame on this government to busy helping everyone else from all over the world but can't even help people from the UK .

  • @suzannebraham5138
    @suzannebraham5138 3 дня назад +9

    It's the fault of the council they just don't care about the homeless & don't help.

    • @tomthornton6259
      @tomthornton6259 3 дня назад +1

      Fault of central government, and 14 years of tory rule. Councils simply don't have the money for, well, anything really.

  • @DahlYates
    @DahlYates 3 дня назад +7

    If the council tax reduction is revoked and a pay per mile tax to get to work I think I might put my name on the prison waiting list myself!

  • @C0bblers
    @C0bblers 3 дня назад +8

    It's not right that new arrivals get it all for free no questions asked.

  • @anthonydouglas_2003
    @anthonydouglas_2003 3 дня назад +4

    7:26 Why doesn’t somebody actually support getting him a home instead of asking him where he is going to stay?

    • @lisaf7909
      @lisaf7909 3 дня назад +2

      There are no homes. We need a massive council house building programme with truly affordable rents. It would create jobs and ease the housing crisis bd boost the economy

  • @Mickball123
    @Mickball123 2 дня назад +3

    Was released in 2017 after two years..They knew I was homeless when I went in so I saw Shelter and asked for help on my second day in..They never came to see my in all that two years and did not help..The prison didn’t either..I was released after two years back onto the streets as they found me nowhere to go..I was only told this 4 days before my release..I was vulnerable and frightened..They don’t care and that’s the bottom line..

  • @alain-danieltankwa8007
    @alain-danieltankwa8007 4 дня назад +16

    Sad

    • @C0bblers
      @C0bblers 3 дня назад +2

      Agreed, I really felt for Leon, he's brave to keep going, not sure Id have the strength, his life is hell imho.
      It angers me that new arrivals get all the help they need.

  • @richguest
    @richguest 4 дня назад +4

    Maybe they could move the victims of crime out of their houses and move in the early released.

  • @abduluddin9928
    @abduluddin9928 4 дня назад +4

    Wheres all the support? There is none! It's not on.

  • @kjs-72
    @kjs-72 4 дня назад +42

    If Leon wants a nice warm hotel to live in followed by a council house and free money he should pretend he just arrived on a boat and cant talk english.

    • @serioussmoke1123
      @serioussmoke1123 3 дня назад +7

      Unfortunately the authorities have his photo, fingerprints and DNA so they would be no chance of that

    • @xgtwb6473
      @xgtwb6473 3 дня назад +1

      Worth a try though Bert​@@serioussmoke1123

    • @eBaySellerAccountsForSale
      @eBaySellerAccountsForSale 2 дня назад

      They will spend a lot to make sure he don't

  • @Paws4Thought669
    @Paws4Thought669 4 дня назад +38

    Starmer's Britain. It's going to get a lot worse for anyone that was born here

    • @presidentofpeace2556
      @presidentofpeace2556 4 дня назад +5

      Blaming the government for criminals who decided to be criminals by choice.well done

    • @dalebenton3354
      @dalebenton3354 4 дня назад +4

      well 14 years of Tories got worse every year,Carry on getting worse as time moves on,Go elect the blue Tories back in again,See the difference,Wont be much difference

    • @Shadylady4181
      @Shadylady4181 4 дня назад +2

      @@presidentofpeace2556blaming them for releasing men that shouldn’t have been released . Fixed it for ya

    • @StringaBell17
      @StringaBell17 4 дня назад +1

      ​@@Shadylady4181Why are the prisons so full simpleton?

    • @thehangingparsiple5692
      @thehangingparsiple5692 4 дня назад +1

      Prison reform urgently needs to address and update the parole system. Its always been neglected.
      This isn't a problem that just popped up.
      Saying "they should have thought about that when they committed crime" etc etc etc doesn't fix the issue that many are turned out with either no place to go, or back into the same environment that landed them in prison in the first place. So they re offend.
      Closer monitoring, better advice and support, counselling, practical computer and literacy courses (perhaps basic brickwork or carpentry courses, possibly while they're still inside approaching release dates?) is needed if we're to try and help get them away from a life of crime.

  • @gracefaithCHRISTscriptureGOD
    @gracefaithCHRISTscriptureGOD 4 дня назад +8

    I have two objections. 1 no one should be released early from jail. 2 houses are the British people not anyone who just arrives in the correct way or the illegal way. Britain FIRST

  • @avonbarksdale990
    @avonbarksdale990 4 дня назад +9

    Sky news copying other RUclips streamers that have been showing the state of this country SKY NEWS YOUR LATE

  • @Elbufeira-wh6li
    @Elbufeira-wh6li 4 дня назад +1

    When sky asked him to come on TV he didn’t think twice

  • @Geeman782
    @Geeman782 4 дня назад +9

    Can someone set up a help account for this man if 1000 people give a fiver that will be 5000 for him to start

    • @Noname-oo9gn
      @Noname-oo9gn 4 дня назад +1

      Is chip in 😢bless him 🙏❤️

    • @Geeman782
      @Geeman782 4 дня назад

      @@Noname-oo9gn how do I chip in

    • @leeseh1080
      @leeseh1080 4 дня назад +3

      Unfortunately it's also about money management and addiction. People make choices to spend their money on other things due to their habits and loose their homes , bedsits etc

    • @EastMidsXHmp87
      @EastMidsXHmp87 3 дня назад

      That is true but some people do want to turn there lifes around and support does help it's near on impossible on your own with no family no friends no money nothing it's disgusting how many people are in this situation in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧​@@leeseh1080

  • @jaybeemods
    @jaybeemods 3 дня назад +1

    This is truly heartbreaking. I hope this man and those like him get the support they need. Those kind souls at the outreach center are truly Angels.

  • @zamiadams4343
    @zamiadams4343 4 дня назад +3

    I did the same as this guy when i was on the streets, sleeping in the A&E department in Charing Cross hospital.

  • @joebrowm9911
    @joebrowm9911 3 дня назад +2

    Very sad . Time to start looking after our own first

  • @PaddyYankee
    @PaddyYankee 4 дня назад +4

    So he rather be inprisoned?

  • @JoanKnott
    @JoanKnott 2 дня назад +1

    Chucked him out of prison with nowhere to go, what the hell.

  • @davidhall7648
    @davidhall7648 3 дня назад +15

    Meanwhile Starmer is handing over all our money to Zelensky .... 🙄

    • @FPInvention
      @FPInvention 2 дня назад

      Whats the alternative? Lets hear your ideas

    • @dopedup222
      @dopedup222 День назад

      ​@@FPInventiondon't give it to Zalensky would be one of them

  • @Leonsummers-w3g
    @Leonsummers-w3g 4 дня назад +4

    They were let out to nothing with nothing thats the problem

  • @goldfinga786able
    @goldfinga786able 3 дня назад +2

    Shame on the government

  • @libradan
    @libradan 4 дня назад +2

    They need to have better programming for people who have nothing. It’s not right

  • @vietashroffoliver2521
    @vietashroffoliver2521 3 дня назад +3

    Cheaper to find accommodation for people than to jail them at a cost £51.000 plus

  • @Mikethamanc
    @Mikethamanc 3 дня назад +1

    Spending more time looking after those on the boats than spending money on homelessness

  • @hanusiaschostak5100
    @hanusiaschostak5100 3 дня назад +1

    This is disgusting I thought everyone had to have some where to sleep

  • @pj-vq3by
    @pj-vq3by 3 дня назад +1

    UK has FALLEN
    What an absolute disgrace and to think my forefathers went to war for this country, how embarrassing.
    I wish this guy all the best!!!

  • @boeingbwoy
    @boeingbwoy 4 дня назад +4

    Neoliberalism got us here

  • @Geeman782
    @Geeman782 4 дня назад +5

    I would like to fund becky or even spend time helping her

  • @melluques8475
    @melluques8475 3 дня назад +1

    Early relive but not plan in place for them? How is this ok? 🙏🏻🕊🕯️

  • @jasonfields9678
    @jasonfields9678 3 дня назад +2

    Bless that lady

  • @edmundprice5276
    @edmundprice5276 3 дня назад +3

    Prisoners need to be given jobs whilst in prison, they should be paid minimum wage minus 3/4 for room and board and as a penalty, the money should be paid to them upon thier release

    • @ChrisLitton
      @ChrisLitton День назад

      Sort of agree half should go to the local community, and some back for the justice system. Any remaining they get to keep.

  • @yc9129
    @yc9129 3 дня назад +7

    Welcome to the 6th richest country in 2024

    • @reecemesser
      @reecemesser День назад +1

      The UK is a third world country attached to London

  • @ted2800
    @ted2800 3 дня назад +1

    This is so sad 😞

  • @shig4238
    @shig4238 2 дня назад +1

    Starmer has no allegiance to his own people

  • @JohnChambers-p5k
    @JohnChambers-p5k 2 дня назад

    Those ladies are absolute angels.

  • @HooDie-Trench-GoTh2022
    @HooDie-Trench-GoTh2022 4 дня назад +3

    Britain first 🇬🇧 the only party political organisation that tackles the issues that labour and conservatives ignore or create. Remember 4000 elderly people will perish this winter, whilst illegal immigrants are kept warm in hotels. Let that sink in!

    • @chindit6784
      @chindit6784 3 дня назад +1

      So less than the excess deaths last year

  • @DeanSteele-zo8gi
    @DeanSteele-zo8gi 4 дня назад +4

    Well done Labour 👏

  • @rb1062
    @rb1062 3 дня назад +1

    A great report for once, Sky! First time I've liked your report. This is heart breaking and these poor souls need so much support. During the riots, I remember your female reporter wailing about 4 "refugees" in Rotherham were too scared to return to their hostel and slept in the woods. Boo hoo! What about the indigenous poor desperate souls like Leon ???

  • @liamwicks4692
    @liamwicks4692 4 дня назад +3

    Phil Neville’s let himself go

  • @commodiousvestibule
    @commodiousvestibule День назад

    The incompetence of this labour government is horrifying.

  • @SlimesmoreUK
    @SlimesmoreUK День назад

    This is just embarrassing for the UK

  • @monkeyboy8424
    @monkeyboy8424 4 дня назад +1

    Early release to make space for political prisoners isn't working. I remember when Labour was more concerned with housing than preventing free speech.

    • @davidstorey2368
      @davidstorey2368 4 дня назад

      I agree but the torys would of done the same thing anyway this after all is a continuation of one sunak pledged

  • @sarahstrong7174
    @sarahstrong7174 3 дня назад

    What about all the abandoned hotels, mansions, schools & prisons even that could be providing rooms for the night?

    • @rb1062
      @rb1062 3 дня назад +1

      They're all hosting our new boat arrivals.

  • @theexplorechanneluk7934
    @theexplorechanneluk7934 3 дня назад +2

    Yep and and lot more of us are experiencing the joke government we have not looking after it's people.

  • @TraceyJhonson
    @TraceyJhonson 4 дня назад +1

    So sad 😢

  • @tarzant4445
    @tarzant4445 3 дня назад +2

    And they say lottery goes to good causes yea right

  • @tech9auto223
    @tech9auto223 3 дня назад +1

    We can put unlimited amount of foreigners in hotels with 5000 beds on stand by for foreigners but our own British homeless are left to sleep on the street I've been to jail and never known anyone to leave with somewhere to live they don't care its all wrong its actually a disgrace but we mustn't speak out or we're deemed far right enough is enough

  • @carolinehoward180
    @carolinehoward180 День назад

    So WTF are we housing invaders? It really boils my piss 😡

  • @harmoneyreilly4225
    @harmoneyreilly4225 4 дня назад +1

    Prying for this guy .

  • @tanveerdaleh4261
    @tanveerdaleh4261 11 часов назад

    I thought jails weren’t allowed to release people like that unless they had a pre approved address to be released to and until then they stayed this is a simple fix just release the people who can prove they have somewhere to go and that they won’t be in the street in risk to reoffend

  • @deadsoulrob
    @deadsoulrob 3 дня назад

    these guys deserve second chances and deserve homes utter disgrace

  • @rb1062
    @rb1062 3 дня назад

    Leon needs to post a comment online criticising the police/Starmer - he'll be back inside for 18 months.

  • @jackbrown6788
    @jackbrown6788 3 дня назад

    For those used to actual prison, it's likely preferable to the economic prison they face when released.

    • @Smith-z8q1r
      @Smith-z8q1r 3 дня назад

      Yep...in prison it's hot meals a bed
      This country is going retrograde

  • @gumbs2537
    @gumbs2537 3 дня назад +1

    Why the journalist doesn’t give him deposit and rent for hmo and claim the money back.. or why don’t they pay for a hotel for the night.. he gets paid double for this interview the journalist..

  • @TobyCostaDunkin
    @TobyCostaDunkin 2 дня назад

    .. setup to fail? He was in and out in two weeks twice in a row, then back inside after sept and its only just now October.. this isnt exactly significat time or shock hes back, that suggetss he didnt have anything to begin with and throws massive shade on his claims of being clean for years before being released ..

  • @donnab79
    @donnab79 3 дня назад

    Accommodation is the foundation of our triangle as a human being.
    Without it, we're in problems.

  • @SuzanneJones-qy3zh
    @SuzanneJones-qy3zh 2 дня назад

    Oh mate my heart bleeds not for your victims yes learn some self respect and restraint

  • @dalebenton3354
    @dalebenton3354 4 дня назад +2

    also great idea getting criminals out of Jail at early release,Oh well,Hope they dont do things again what they done for some of their time in Jail,Or end up back in Jail again,Now they homeless with nothing,Some of them do some crime on purpose to get arrested and put back in Jail again so that they got a roof over their head,The Country is going backwards again

    • @peng9179
      @peng9179 4 дня назад

      Its messed up, these people have paid penance yet they will have to turn to crime just to survive.

    • @Smith-z8q1r
      @Smith-z8q1r 3 дня назад

      It is .
      I'm old disabled
      I can't get adapted housing

  • @pawepsyta475
    @pawepsyta475 2 дня назад

    This is very very quickly becoming a failed state, I'm sorry, these words are harsh and don't come easy but things need to change and fast !

  • @mcvicarross7
    @mcvicarross7 День назад

    We've got people who'd rather help illegal foreign nationals than help our own people in this Country! I find that almost unbelievable. ✋️🇬🇧👊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @gazajadebrown9866
    @gazajadebrown9866 3 дня назад

    This man has been failed and is being failed this is terrible😢

  • @Valhalla-or8mx
    @Valhalla-or8mx 4 дня назад

    Where was he living before he f..... d up..

  • @Bert-hy5ek
    @Bert-hy5ek День назад

    Not a surprise. Early release without prior planning will result in rough living, more criminality, additional risk to victims and to women in particular. Never mind- Starmer has all his freebies and an exclusive apartment for his use.

  • @mayenessien9370
    @mayenessien9370 3 дня назад +1

    Just reminds me of Jeremiah 21:23. Humans were not designed to govern themselves. We “solve” one problem whilst creating others. We need our creator- desperately. Very soon ALL mankind’s problems will be gone permanently. ❤ Psalms 37:10,11,29.

  • @MikeDuke-z9b
    @MikeDuke-z9b 3 дня назад

    See this wouldn't happen if the illegal immigrants were sent back instead of keeping them in detention centres or prisons

  • @garethmackinnon6782
    @garethmackinnon6782 3 дня назад +1

    Probation officer should be helping him being house etc

  • @davercs
    @davercs 19 часов назад

    How about our government put them in hotels just like it dose for illegal immigrants that come into our country daily

  • @Mr34LUKE34
    @Mr34LUKE34 3 дня назад +1

    Poor sod crimes meant to pay don’t get a job and try to find somewhere to live

  • @VictoriaJones-lf1xp
    @VictoriaJones-lf1xp 3 дня назад

    What area is he in our A and E is always rammed 24 /7!!!

  • @humblemusicldn6192
    @humblemusicldn6192 2 дня назад

    In 2024 know one should be homeless...Government need to fix up

  • @loadsamoney-u3x
    @loadsamoney-u3x Час назад

    All time wasters and long term criminals and druggies,they always blame something or someone else,they always lie.

  • @SuzanneJones-qy3zh
    @SuzanneJones-qy3zh 2 дня назад

    What about the victims remember them

  • @LoneDon
    @LoneDon 4 дня назад

    He looks like Martin Allen

  • @CharlieHarper-d4x
    @CharlieHarper-d4x 4 дня назад +1

    Labour....all the gear no idea .

  • @Michael.McFalan
    @Michael.McFalan 2 дня назад

    Just get a job and rent a room mate

  • @comixmind
    @comixmind День назад

    Don’t commit crimes

  • @jacklamb2904
    @jacklamb2904 3 дня назад +1

    But seems he has herion

  • @SJHD
    @SJHD 4 дня назад +1

    Too white mate move along, we got some browns to save

  • @SandraT1107
    @SandraT1107 4 дня назад +1

    😢