Nearly 1,000 prisoners raise Covid risk after being released during pandemic without a home to go to

Nearly 1,000 offenders have been released from prisons in England and Wales during the Covid-19 pandemic without a known address to go to despite the potential risks of spreading the disease. Figures published by the Ministry of Justice snow that a total of 6,961 offenders were freed from custody between May 1 and June 8 this year. Of those, 947 (14%) were identified as homeless on their first night out of custody, 98 of whom were young offenders (aged between 18 and 24). A total of 209 of those