Claim: The most serious violent and sexual offenders receive automatic early release from prison halfway through their sentence.
Fact-check: More prisoners to be released two thirds of the way through sentence than halfway - Full Fact
Verdict: this is the default sentence  though judges in england and wales are already allowed to keep offenders in prison for two thirds of their sentence if they are considered dangerous.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2019-10-09T00:00:00