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In August the BBC had learned that the prison system "came within 100 places" of running out of space altogether.

The government brought in rules to allow certain prisoners to be released earlier to deal with what it said was a "crisis in prison places".

He was jailed for life with a minimum term of 48 years in prison.

The father of young woman shot dead on Christmas Eve said the early release of her killer's accomplice due to prison overcrowding "makes a mockery" of justice.

She served more than a year here for money laundering, and claims she was sexually harassed by a male prison officer.