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Former prisoner: Friday release led me to breach parole conditions

Marc Conway says a lack of time to sort accommodation after he was released from jail on a Friday led him to make a "disastrous mistake".

He says no housing officers were available to help him on a Friday afternoon, leading him to breach his conditions of parole by staying with a friend and "known associate" instead.

When this was discovered, he was sent back to prison the following week.

The government is backing a change to the law, to end the practice of releasing some prisoners on Fridays and before bank holidays.

Video journalist: Thomas Mason

3 March 2023

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