The United Kingdom has enacted emergency measures to free thousands of criminals, including some violent offenders, as hundreds of anti-mass migration protestors are hauled before the courts facing months or even years behind bars for as little as a Facebook post.
As many as 5,500 criminals are set to be released from prisons across the United Kingdom in the coming months as part of a new scheme named SDS40. The plan is meant to ease overcrowding in Britain’s prison system.
The probation officers’ union has warned that there may not be enough probation officials to deal with the sudden release of so many prisoners, further endangering the public.
Among those set to benefit from the early release program is teenager Lawson Natty, who was convicted of manslaughter and unlawful wounding when he participated in the killing of 14-year-old Gordon Gault in November of 2022.
If released in September, he will have served only six months of his two-year-and-eight-month sentence.
Meanwhile, the British authorities have arrested over 1,100 people, including 12-year-olds, who supported or took part in anti-mass migration protests that erupted after the murder of three young girls in Southport in late July, allegedly by a teenager with an African migration background.
Among the 100 individuals already sentenced have been individuals who shouted at police during protests and two men who were convicted for chanting, “Who the f**k is Allah?”
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