Sarah Wilson was groomed and sexually abused as a child by groups of men in Rotherham. She has recently been told that two of the men convicted of abusing her could be eligible for early release under a government scheme to ease overcrowding in prisons in England and Wales.
The plan, set to take effect this September, could see thousands of killers, rapists and sex offenders freed early. The prisons watchdog has said it will keep a close eye on those released, amid concerns that rapists could be among them.
“Survivor warns rapists could be freed as prisons watchdog monitors early release plan”
There are growing calls for sex offenders to be excluded from the scheme. Wilson, a survivor of the Rotherham abuse scandal, now fears her abusers may walk free. The government has not commented on whether it will exempt sex offenders from the early release programme.