Early prison release for DV perpetrators *trigger warning DV*

I left my violent ex. Took dc to a hostel for a year, best thing I ever did as well!

I don’t understand what ‘You are but it happens’ means. What does it mean?

You didn’t ask that at all.

You asked this: Explain your understanding beyond just your sympathy for the perpetrators.

And I answered.

EDIT: My response below to 01:17 post from @Usercyzabc.

I’m not trivialising this.

From my very first post on this thread, I think I show a good understanding of the scheme and the reason why it has been chosen over other options.

I’ve recapped my first post on the thread below:

If you’ve read any articles about this scheme, it will have been made clear that the government has decided to go ahead with it because the prisons have been in a state of crisis for months as they are so low on space. That is clearly a very unsustainable situation and this has been judged to be the most suitable short term solution before a better long term can be found. This solution is far from being perfect, and as part of it, many violent prisoners will be released, including domestic abusers.

@Usercyzabc

You mean you have no answer

Because you are reacting to daily Mail rubbish ....

I’ve answered your question now, should you wish to respond.

I’ll give you an answer. I have shown no sympathy for the perpetrators whatsoever.

Please see an extract from my posts below, which I think is relevant to your question. None of them show any sympathy for the perpetrators.

I find it so upsetting and worrying that former prisoners will be homeless. This not only makes them vulnerable but also makes everyone else around them vulnerable and also increases the chances they’ll get sent back to prison. It achieves nothing other than to keep the horrible cycle going.

I then clarified my above post with this:

I’m not talking in my post about ex-prisoners who were sentenced to prison for domestic abuse though. Sorry - I realise I didn’t make it clear. I’m talking about people who went to prison for things like shoplifting or drug dealing, which whilst they are serious crimes, are not in my opinion as serious as domestic abuse. Unfortunately there’s a very high risk that former prisoners become homeless once they leave prison. When they are released from prison, they just leave - that’s it. They have nowhere to go. It is very sad.

I then said this:

Presumably there are worse offenders that the government wants to keep in prison, so this is the plan they’ve come up with. I agree they should be kept in prison. It’s very very worrying.

And then I said this:

The government obviously could not release prisoners serving whole life sentences or murder sentences, so they had to release other categories of prisoners. That will include some prisoners who are serving sentences for acts of domestic abuse. Which is of course unacceptable. So we need to protest against that, which is our democratic right, and bloody well hope the government hears us.

@Efacsen yep! But that's why I was asking for an answer... which the two ( sock puppet) posters can't answer....

Don't think that anyone serves 100% of their sentence - it's usually 50%

So the reduction under this scheme is from 50% to 40%

And the main cause of the current over-crowding is longer sentences over the last 30 years

IDK Arguably longer sentences are not as effective as hoped in reducing crime??

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@GoldOnyx I thought that too....sockpuppetting

Wow. Where have I shown sympathy for the perpetrators?

@GoldOnyx you haven't tried to shut down debate at all

You've tried to explain but to no avail, hat off to you but it's twee mumsnet where nobody listens to anything but the Daily Mail

@Usercyzabc and @User6874356 I’m starting to think you’re the same person 😂😂😂 you’ve got a very similar writing style and you keep mistakenly tagging each other.

What makes you think I don’t understand the impact of domestic violence?

Hmm that's not 'my logic' it was a question

You don't seem very capable of thinking things through though. Just shouting about it all

@Usercyzabc and @User6874356 keen to hear your thoughts on my posts above.

I’ve asked you how I’ve tried to shut down debate and shame the OP as I don’t think I’ve done either of those things. If you’re going to say I’ve done those things, please give me evidence.

Your understanding is that the best option is to release domestic abusers early? As it’s the lowest cost? Are you joking?

You’ve quoted bits of my original post. Not my original post in full. I’ve copied my original post here, which reads: ‘My understanding is that this is the best option for now, as it is the most low cost and immediate option, but it of course comes with serious risks.’

I’d like to hear what your suggestions are for what should be done. Do you agree? Do you think they should do something else instead? Should they build more prisons? I think they should, but it won’t happen quick enough to solve the current capacity crisis.