Victims question how they will be protected - and a probation officer warns of an unmanageable influx - as hundreds of prisoners are released early.

Around 4,500 inmates are expected to be released early by June 2027 under a scheme designed to stop prisons becoming full.

Three women, all public servants devoted to helping and protecting the most vulnerable in society - yet at home they were in a permanent state of fearing for their lives.

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