Burnham gets the early prison release changes he wanted - but at what cost?

Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that he will keep hundreds of criminals in prison who would otherwise have been released early. Although he has expanded the list of those ineligible for early release, concerns remain about prison capacity, already at 98%. Burnham cited the ending of indefinite sentences and the deportation of foreign criminals as measures that made his intervention possible, but these solutions are not short-term.