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Violent criminals could be let out early for good behaviour under new proposals

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Independent Sentencing Review recommends early release of violent offenders.

It also proposes an "earned progression model" for offenders.

Sex offenders and perpetrators of domestic abuse could be let out early for good behaviour.

Prisoners on standard determinate sentences could move to post-custody stage after serving one-third of sentence.

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to respond to the review on behalf of the government.

Prison population in England and Wales almost doubled between 1993 and 2012 .

Despite crime rates declining since the mid-1990s , reoffending has remained high, report says.

Ministers have warned that without radical change, prisons could run out of space again by next Spring .

Howard League , a national charity working for less crime and safer communities, supports community punishments.

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English

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