For
Overcrowded prisons are unsafe and inhumane.
Against
It may allow dangerous people back into communities too soon.
Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.
“Almost 500 prisoners were released and just over 10% are back in jail. As prisons are overcrowded this is a good thing”
“You have to have served at least 40% of the original sentence, be eligible for early released based on the existing metrics of good behaviour”
“Prison does serve an important deterrent effect, so we have to balance treatment of prisoners with the needs of wider society.”
“release prisoners to have the public suffer the consequences rather than to either build more prisons or accept that overcrowding is tolerable”