Prisoners freed early are returning to jail at rapid rate, governors tell BBC
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Prisoners who were freed under the government's last early release scheme are returning to jail at a rapid rate, prison governors have told the BBC.
监狱长告诉英国广播公司，根据政府上次提前释放计划获释的囚犯正在迅速返回监狱。
They say they are seeing the same inmates, who were let out as part of the 2024 early release scheme to ease overcrowding, coming back after reoffending - including for breaching their conditions.
他们说，他们看到同样的囚犯，作为 2024 年提前释放计划的一部分以缓解过度拥挤而被释放，在再次犯罪后又回来了——包括违反条件。
"The churn is what stresses me out," said one governor in the Midlands, describing it as a "revolving door".
中部地区的一位州长表示，“客户流失让我感到压力很大”，并将其描述为“旋转门”。
It comes as Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced changes to the next early release scheme, starting in October, following outrage that the killers of PC Andrew Harper were among those eligible to be released.
与此同时，总理安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 宣布对从 10 月开始的下一个提前释放计划进行修改，此前人们对 PC 安德鲁·哈珀 (Andrew Harper) 的凶手属于有资格被释放的人感到愤怒。
On Sunday, Burnham announced that they will not be, telling the BBC that anyone convicted of unlawful killing will be excluded from the scheme.
周日，伯纳姆宣布不会这样做，并告诉英国广播公司，任何被判非法杀人罪的人都将被排除在该计划之外。
He conceded that it means "hundreds" more people will stay in prison - as prisons in England and Wales reach breaking point at more than 97% full.
他承认，这意味着“数百”人将继续被关在监狱里——英格兰和威尔士的监狱已经达到了临界点，超过 97% 已满员。
The government says there are plans to create more prison space by deporting foreign inmates and releasing some who are serving indefinite sentences, but they are unlikely to create much more space by the time the first batch of inmates are released in October.
政府表示，计划通过驱逐外国囚犯并释放一些正在服无期徒刑的囚犯来创造更多的监狱空间，但到十月份第一批囚犯被释放时，他们不太可能创造更多的空间。
BBC News spoke to three serving prison governors in England to gauge the state of correctional facilities and how staff are dealing with overcrowding. Prison staff are not supposed to speak to the media so their names and the prisons they govern will not be mentioned to protect their identity.
BBC 新闻采访了英格兰三名现任监狱长，了解惩教设施的状况以及工作人员如何应对过度拥挤的情况。 监狱工作人员不得与媒体交谈，因此他们的名字和他们管理的监狱不会被提及，以保护他们的身份。
One governor from a prison in the north of England said the PM's plans to ease overcrowding "is all short-term solutions and we need space now".
英格兰北部一所监狱的一位监狱长表示，首相缓解过度拥挤的计划“都是短期解决方案，我们现在需要空间”。
"Providing additional cells in existing prisons will mean more prison staff needed to monitor that - it's not easy," they said, adding that staff shortages mean "prisoners are not living in a safe and decent environment".
他们说：“在现有监狱中提供额外的牢房意味着需要更多的监狱工作人员来监控这一情况，这并不容易。”他们补充说，工作人员短缺意味着“囚犯无法生活在安全体面的环境中”。
The governor also said they were frustrated by the rate of prisoner recalls, saying: "We see the same people coming back after being released early and reoffending again, or breaking their [release] rules."
州长还表示，他们对囚犯召回率感到沮丧，他说：“我们看到同样的人在提前释放后又再次犯罪，或者违反了[释放]规则。”
Burnham gets the early prison release changes he wanted - but at what cost?
伯纳姆得到了他想要的提前释放监狱的改变——但代价是什么？
What's behind having to release some prisoners early?
为何要提前释放一些囚犯？
There were 51,419 licence recalls in the year ending March 2026 - when a person is sent back to prison because they breached their release conditions or raised new risk concerns. The number went up from 40,259 in the previous year - a 28% increase.
截至 2026 年 3 月的一年中，有 51,419 起许可证被召回，即某人因违反释放条件或提出新的风险担忧而被送回监狱。 这一数字较上一年的 40,259 人增加了 28%。
Although recalls in January to March were slightly lower than the previous three-month period, they remain well above historical levels.
尽管1月至3月的召回率略低于前三个月，但仍远高于历史水平。
Another prison governor who also works in the north of England told the BBC that something needs to be done about overcrowding and prisoner recalls, or "the criminal justice system will grind to a halt".
另一位也在英格兰北部工作的监狱长告诉英国广播公司，需要对过度拥挤和囚犯召回采取措施，否则“刑事司法系统将陷入瘫痪”。
"You release someone to serve the rest of their sentence in the community and you think 'now I have some extra room', but then they're back again and you just go round in circles.
“你释放某人在社区服完剩余的刑期，你会想‘现在我有一些额外的空间’，但随后他们又回来了，你就只是原地打转。
"It's a big problem in the [men's prisons] and you worry that this is what will happen again when all these new people are let out."
“这是[男子监狱]的一个大问题，你担心当所有这些新人被释放时，这种情况会再次发生。”
As of March this year, more than 70,000 people had been released under the 2024 early release scheme.
截至今年3月，根据2024年提前释放计划，已有7万多人获释。
But there are still almost 87,000 people in prisons across England and Wales - with just over 2,000 spaces remaining. With a backlog in the criminal courts of tens of thousands of cases, prison staff say that simply isn't enough space.
但英格兰和威尔士各地的监狱中仍有近 87,000 人关押，而监狱空间仅剩 2,000 多个。 刑事法庭积压了数万起案件，监狱工作人员表示，空间根本不够。
Watch: PM confirms PC Harper's killers will remain in prison A rise in gang tensions within prisons is another impact of the overcrowding crisis, one of the governors from the north of England said.
观看：总理确认杀害 PC Harper 的凶手将继续留在监狱中 一位来自英格兰北部的州长表示，监狱内帮派紧张局势加剧是过度拥挤危机的另一个影响。
They explained that due to the lack of space, more people from different parts of the country are being placed in the same facility, therefore increasing the chances of regional rivalries.
他们解释说，由于空间不足，更多来自全国不同地区的人被安置在同一设施中，因此增加了区域竞争的机会。
"When you've got inmates from Manchester and Liverpool for example, there is a worry there could be gang tension.
“例如，当你有来自曼彻斯特和利物浦的囚犯时，人们担心可能会出现帮派紧张局势。
Or having people from different parts of London could mean an escalation in threat levels because of rival gangs," they said. "This has always happened, but it's happening more because so many prisons are full, and so people are sent to prisons far away," they added.
或者来自伦敦不同地区的人可能意味着由于敌对帮派而导致威胁级别升级，”他们说。 他们补充说：“这种情况一直在发生，但这种情况发生得更多，因为很多监狱都已经满了，所以人们被送往很远的监狱。”
The lack of space has also led to cells, which are designed to hold one person, being used for two inmates, the other governor from northern England said, which raises "serious health and safety concerns".
另一位来自英格兰北部的州长表示，空间不足还导致原本设计容纳一人的牢房被用来关押两名囚犯，这引发了“严重的健康和安全问题”。
"The single cells are small and they have a workspace for eating and an open toilet... so you're eating and going to the loo in a very small area and then you have to put another person in there and they're doing it all together," they said.
“单间牢房很小，有一个吃饭的工作区和一个开放式厕所……所以你在一个很小的区域里吃饭和上厕所，然后你必须把另一个人放在那里，他们一起做这一切，”他们说。
"Prisons are already dealing with an infestation issue and this could make it worse."
“监狱已经在处理虫害问题，这可能会使情况变得更糟。”
The BBC understands that work has begun to create more cells in prisons by re-purposing existing spaces, but that is expected to take months.
据英国广播公司了解，通过重新利用现有空间，在监狱中建造更多牢房的工作已经开始，但这预计需要几个月的时间。
The prime minister had been under increasing pressure to block the early release of the killers of PC Harper, who died in 2019 when he was dragged by a car as three teenagers fled a quad bike theft in Berkshire.
首相一直面临着越来越大的压力，要求阻止早日释放杀害 PC Harper 的凶手，后者于 2019 年在伯克郡发生四轮摩托车盗窃案时，三名青少年逃离时被一辆汽车拖走而死亡。
There were concerns that two of them - Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole - may have been eligible for early release under the government's plan, and more than one million people signed a petition calling for them to remain behind bars.
有人担心其中两人——阿尔伯特·鲍尔斯和杰西·科尔——可能有资格根据政府的计划提前释放，超过一百万人签署了一份请愿书，呼吁他们继续入狱。
As well as those convicted of manslaughter and murder, serious child sex offenders, rapists and groomers will not be eligible for early release under the new scheme as part of the Sentencing Act, as well as prisoners convicted of indecent assault offences and death by dangerous driving.
除了那些被判犯有过失杀人罪和谋杀罪的囚犯外，严重的儿童性犯罪者、强奸犯和诱骗者，以及被判犯有猥亵罪和危险驾驶致死罪的囚犯，也没有资格根据作为《量刑法》一部分的新计划提前释放。
On Tuesday, the justice secretary is expected to give further details, including how many people will be affected, during a statement to Parliament.
周二，司法部长预计将在向议会发表的声明中提供更多细节，包括有多少人将受到影响。
Andrew and Lissie Harper had met as teenagers - he was killed four weeks after their wedding For one of the prison governors in the north of England, the situation is at breaking point.
安德鲁和莉西·哈珀在青少年时期相识，他在婚礼四个星期后被杀 对于英格兰北部的一位监狱长来说，情况已经到了崩溃的边缘。
They said some inmates must be set free for capacity reasons, but ministers need to look at wider maintenance issues, too.
他们表示，出于容量原因，必须释放一些囚犯，但部长们也需要考虑更广泛的维护问题。
"We've got to alleviate the pressure somehow or we will break... But prison spaces could be made available if we maintained buildings properly," they explained.
“我们必须以某种方式减轻压力，否则我们就会崩溃...... 但如果我们妥善维护建筑物，就可以提供监狱空间，”他们解释道。
"We have too many cells we can't use because there's something wrong with them which seems ridiculous when you have an overcrowding crisis." The governor said England's prisons have not been properly maintained for decades, and the problems have snowballed, creating "fragile infrastructure regularly breaking and preventing proper regimes from operating". "If prisons are full, you can't carry out big maintenance projects and you lose those spaces.
“我们有太多的牢房无法使用，因为它们出了问题，当你遇到过度拥挤的危机时，这似乎很荒谬。” 总督表示，英格兰的监狱几十年来一直没有得到妥善维护，问题如滚雪球般越滚越大，造成“脆弱的基础设施经常损坏，阻碍了适当政权的运作”。 “如果监狱已经满了，你就无法进行大型维护项目，就会失去这些空间。
It's unsustainable.
这是不可持续的。
It's like having a car that you have to drive 24/7. If you don't service it and run it constantly you shouldn't be surprised if it fails and can't be fixed." Tom Wheatley, president of the Prison Governors Association (PGA) told the BBC that no governors had been briefed on the government's plans to ease overcrowding. "How are we supposed to deal with angry and confused prisoners when we find out about the plans last minute?" he asked.
这就像拥有一辆必须 24/7 全天候驾驶的汽车。 如果你不对其进行维修并不断运行它，那么如果它出现故障并且无法修复，你就不会感到惊讶。” 监狱长协会（PGA）主席汤姆·惠特利（Tom Wheatley）告诉英国广播公司（BBC），没有任何州长收到关于政府缓解过度拥挤问题的计划的简报。 “当我们在最后一刻得知这个计划时，我们该如何应对愤怒和困惑的囚犯呢？”他问道。
A 2024 National Audit Office report concluded that "over the next few years there will be continued risk to the capacity in prisons, because of the poor condition of parts of the estate".
国家审计署 2024 年的一份报告得出结论称，“未来几年，由于部分监狱状况不佳，监狱的容纳能力将持续面临风险”。
It said that "a quarter (23,000) of prison places do not meet fire safety standards".
报告称，“四分之一（23,000）的监狱不符合消防安全标准”。
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: "Less than one in seven prisoners in custody are on recall, and it is a vital tool to keep the public safe.
司法部发言人表示：“只有不到七分之一的在押囚犯被召回，这是保障公众安全的重要工具。
"This government inherited prisons in crisis but we are fixing this, reforming the length of time people spend on recall to reduce the prison population, building 14,000 new places, launching the biggest ever expansion of tagging, and giving victims a say in the strict licence conditions of offenders."
“本届政府在危机中继承了监狱，但我们正在解决这个问题，改革人们召回的时间长度以减少监狱人口，建造 14,000 个新场所，启动有史以来最大规模的标签扩展，并在罪犯的严格许可条件下给予受害者发言权。”
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