'I'm a lifelong Labour voter now!': Drug dealer, 20, hails Keir Starprayed with bubbly and one insists 'I'm a good boy now' - as 1,700 inmates are released earlymer, freed convicts are s

'I'm a lifelong Labour voter now!': Drug dealer, 20, hails Keir Starmer, freed convicts are sprayed with bubbly and one insists 'I'm a good boy now' - as 1,700 inmates are released early
There is a party atmosphere outside Britain's prisons this morning as 1,700 criminals are set free under Labour's controversial inmate release scheme. Those walking out from behind bars whooped and punched the air in delight before hugging loved ones, with some crowing they would be finally be spending time with their girlfriends - but not before going to McDonald's. Some were greeted by a cacophony on their release, with friends blasting out music and some even spraying the former prisoners with sparkling wine to celebrate their newfound freedom. One convicted drug dealer said Sir Keir Starmer's policy had made him a 'lifelong Labour voter', while another insisted that he was a 'good boy now' after walking out to reunite with his family. However, despite the scenes of joy that were commonplace across the country, experts have warned about the impact of releasing the convicts early with suggestions a third could reoffend. More than 5,000 are to be set loose over the next six weeks, with everyone eligible for release apart from violent criminals jailed for more than four years. Martin Jones, the chief inspector of probation, says that despite the good intentions of dealing with the crisis facing the criminal justice system, it is a 'certainty' some will go on to commit more crimes. And the chief inspector of prison, Charlie Taylor, also expressed his misgivings that the overcrowding of jails had not been conducive to making them 'less likely to reoffend when they come out' and that actually releasing them was 'risky'.