The United Kingdom (UK) government on Tuesday announced its plan to release a second batch of 1,000 prisoners as the government embarked on a review of sentencing to combat overcrowding in jails.
The controversial policy previously saw 1,700 prisoners freed early last month.
However, Justice Secretary, Shabana Mahmood vowed that earlier mistakes that led to 37 ineligible prisoners being mistakenly freed had now been ironed out.
The review will consider options for tougher non-custodial punishments for some convicted criminals to ensure prison space is available to incarcerate dangerous offenders.
The early release scheme has seen some so-called non-violent offenders who have complied with certain conditions released after serving 40 per cent of their sentence instead of the usual 50 per cent.