罪犯向BBC讲述经历，首批数百名囚犯获提前释放。汤姆·麦克阿瑟（Tom McArthur）报道随着英格兰和威尔士各地数百名囚犯在旨在腾出监狱空间的新计划下提前获释，部分获释人员向BBC讲述了他们身后的“混乱”状况，以及对出狱后缺乏支持的担忧。
Offenders speak to the BBC as the first wave of early releases see hundreds of prisoners freed. By Tom McArthur As hundreds of prisoners across England and Wales are released early under a new scheme designed to free up prison space, some of those freed have told the BBC of the "hectic" conditions they are leaving behind - and their concerns about a lack of support waiting for them outside.
周四，首批约有700名罪犯预计将获释，刑期在19个月及以下的囚犯在服刑满三分之一后即可获得假释资格。
Around 700 offenders are expected to be freed with the first wave on Thursday, as prisoners serving sentences of up to 19 months become eligible for release after a third of their term.
政府强调，他们仍将受到严格的监督安排，包括扩大电子脚镣的使用范围，并表示有必要采取行动防止监狱爆满。
The government has stressed they will remain subject to strict monitoring arrangements, including the expanded use of electronic tagging, and has said action was needed to prevent prisons from becoming full.
但一些受访者对他们将如何受到保护提出了质疑，而一名缓刑官则告诉BBC，应对这批涌出的罪犯可能“实在吃不消”。
But some victims have questioned how they will be protected, while a probation worker told the BBC that managing the influx of offenders may be "just too much".
在伦敦旺兹沃思监狱（Wandsworth Prison）外，前公交车司机迈克尔·博格（Michael Bogle）坚称他不会再回到这座维多利亚时代的设施，并形容那里的环境“糟糕透顶”。
Outside Wandsworth Prison in London, former bus driver Michael Bogle was adamant he would not return to the Victorian-era facility - describing the conditions as "awful".
他因盗窃洗衣液服刑78天。他最初被判处32周缓刑，但因违反规定而入狱。
He served 78 days for shoplifting soap detergent, and had initially been given a suspended 32-week sentence but had breached it.
博格告诉记者，罪犯们每天被关在牢房里23个小时。他说他知道最近有一名囚犯自杀身亡。
Bogle told reporters offenders were locked up for 23 hours a day. He said he knew of one prisoner who had recently taken his own life.
他说，提前释放计划应该继续下去：“这很好。戴电子脚镣比坐牢强。”
The early release scheme should continue, he said: "It's good. Tagging is better than prison".
周四从旺兹沃思监狱获释的另一名男子拒绝透露姓名，他说自己因“拿了东西没付钱”而被判刑，并称监狱里“挤得连老鼠都在抱怨”。
Another man released from Wandsworth on Thursday - who declined to be named and said he had been sentenced for "taking things without paying for them" - said the prison was "so crowded even the rats are complaining".
35岁的马修·约翰逊（Matthew Johnson）在表达离开利兹监狱（Leeds Prison）的如释重负时，也谈到了糟糕的条件。
Matthew Johnson, 35 also spoke of poor conditions as he expressed relief to be leaving Leeds Prison. He said he had been released after six months from an 18 month sentence for actual bodily harm.
他说，他因实际身体伤害罪被判处18个月监禁，服刑6个月后获释。
Asked what he would say to opponents of early release, he said: "You want to see what's inside these rooms, then you'll know. "It's hectic.
当被问及他对那些反对提前释放政策的人有何看法时，他说：“你们只有亲自去看看那些监狱里的状况，才能真正明白其中的实际情况。监狱里非常拥挤，一个牢房本来应该只关一个人，但实际上却关着两个人。目前，监狱工作人员已经忙得不可开交，根本无暇顾及其他事情。”
It's crowded. It's overcrowded – cells for one person with two people in them." He added: "Staff are overwhelmed anyway with what they've got to cope with at the minute".
33岁的杰克·赛克斯（Jake Sykes）在因商店盗窃罪被判16周监禁后，也从林肯监狱（Lincoln Prison）出来，他对那里的恶劣环境表示了强烈的不满。他说：“监狱里的条件简直令人作呕——到处都是蟑螂和老鼠，环境极其肮脏。”他还指出，司法系统最大的问题在于囚犯出狱后缺乏必要的支持：“在监狱里的时候，囚犯还能得到一定的帮助，因此他们会感到安全；但一旦出狱，就彻底失去了任何支持。”
Jake Sykes, 33, similarly spoke of "disgusting" conditions as he left Lincoln Prison, after being sentenced to 16 weeks in prison for shoplifting. He will be tagged, banned from going to the pub and have a curfew. Sykes said overcrowding inside was "bad", with prisoners sharing cells. "It's full of cockroaches, rats. It's disgusting in there, filthy." But he said the justice system's biggest problem was the lack of support for offenders after they leave prison. "The support is there whilst you're there, so you're secure, you feel safe there," he said.
在伦敦，一位不愿公开姓名的男子（仅称自己为“大卫”）表示，他认为这项提前释放政策根本无法成功实施，因为外界对囚犯缺乏足够的帮助。他担心司法系统正在“让我们注定失败”，并呼吁：“别再把人送进监狱了，应该在他们入狱之前就帮助他们。”他还补充说：“我这辈子一直在进出监狱，我真正需要的是帮助。”
"And then when you get out, there's nothing." Back in London, a man who gave his name only as David as he left HMP Brixton said he did not believe the scheme could work, because of a lack of support for inmates on the outside. He feared the justice system was "setting us up to fail". "Stop sending people to prison in the first place. Help them before they get there," he said. "I've been in and out of prison all my life.
在首相介入并修改了相关政策条款后，预计通过这项计划提前获释的囚犯人数从最初的约6000人减少到了更少的人数。新的政策取消了某些罪行的提前释放资格，例如所有形式的过失杀人罪、诱骗他人犯罪的行为，以及导致或允许儿童死亡的行为。此外，对于那些因严重罪行（如谋杀罪）而被判处无期徒刑的囚犯，他们的提前释放仍需由假释委员会评估其是否适合获释。
It's help I need", he added. The number of people expected to be released under this scheme was cut from around 6,000 after the prime minister intervened to review its terms, removing eligibility for crimes including all forms of manslaughter, grooming offences and causing or allowing the death of a child. Early release will not apply to indeterminate sentences, which are handed out for the most serious offences like murder, and require a parole board to deem a prisoner safe to be released.
提前获释者若违反许可证条款，包括再次犯罪、联系受害者或居住在未经当局批准的地址，即可被立即送回监狱。
Those released early can immediately be returned to prison if they breach the terms of their licence, including by committing another crime, contacting a victim or living at an address not approved by authorities.
然而，伦敦受害者事务专员安德烈亚·西蒙也表达了担忧。她警告称，豁免规定并未涵盖“一些即将获释的罪犯；对他们的受害者来说，获释确实是一件极其可怕的事”。
However, London Victims' Commissioner Andrea Simon is among those to have raised concerns about the provisions in place - warning the exemptions do not include "some offenders whose imminent release is a genuinely terrifying prospect for their victims".
与此同时，外界对缓刑制度管理获释人员的能力表示担忧。本周早些时候，缓刑监察长马丁·琼斯表示，电子监控制度“未能跟上形势”，除非解决其中存在的问题，否则可能造成“虚假的安心感”。
Meanwhile, concerns have been voiced about the probation system's ability to manage those released. Earlier this week, the Chief Inspector of Probation Martin Jones said the electronic monitoring regime had "not kept pace" and could create "a false sense of assurance" unless failing are addressed.