亚历克斯·诺里斯（Alex Norris）无法说明本周提前获释的囚犯中有多少人佩戴了电子监控设备，尽管司法部此前曾作出保证。
Alex Norris has been unable to say how many prisoners freed early from jail this week have been tagged, despite previous reassurances from the justice department.
周日，司法大臣在接受采访时表示，要说明周四获释的大约700名男性囚犯中有多少人安装了监控设备，目前“为时过早”。
In an interview on Sunday, the justice secretary said it was “too soon” to say how many of the roughly 700 male prisoners let out on Thursday had been fitted with monitoring devices.
为帮助应对严重的监狱 overcrowding 问题，政府已对英格兰和威尔士提前出狱的罪犯引入了“电子监控设备佩戴推定”政策。
The government has introduced a “presumption of electronic tagging” for offenders released early from prisons in England and Wales to help manage severe overcrowding.
首批释放行动于周四启动，随着《2026年量刑法》生效，未来一年内将分阶段释放近5000名囚犯。
The first wave of releases began on Thursday, with nearly 5,000 prisoners due to be freed in stages over the next year as the Sentencing Act 2026 comes into force.
当被问及目前获释者中有多少人佩戴了监控设备时，诺里斯在BBC《劳拉·昆斯伯格周日访谈》节目中表示：“我今天没有这个数据，因为释放行动周四才刚刚发生。你知道，数据可能会有些滞后。
Asked how many of those released so far had been tagged, Norris told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme: “I don’t have that figure today, it only happened on Thursday. You know, there can be a bit of a lag.
“我们目前没有这个数字。但你知道，我们对谁出狱以及何时出狱非常坦诚。”当被问及是否知道获释的家庭暴力施暴者是否佩戴了监控设备时，他说：“现在知道还为时过早，因为释放行动周四才进行。我们一直在与每一位受害者沟通，为他们提供机会，让他们说明希望对该个人实施哪些管控措施。
“We don’t have that number. But you know, we’re very candid about who’s leaving prison and when they do.”Asked if he knew if released domestic abusers have been tagged or not, he said: “It would be too soon to know that, as it was only on Thursday. We’ve been talking to every victim to to offer them the chance to say what controls they’d like to see over that individual.
“我深知过去在电子监控设备佩戴方面存在的问题。在过去一年中，执行情况有了显著改善。”多名上周获释的囚犯告诉《卫报》，他们并未被佩戴电子监控设备。
“I’m well aware of the past in tagging. Over the last year, performance has increased significantly.”Several prisoners released last week told the Guardian that they had not been tagged.
迈克尔·博格尔（Michael Bogle）曾是一名公交车司机，因违反为期32周的缓刑令（因商店盗窃）而在监狱服刑78天后，于周四离开万兹沃思监狱（HMP Wandsworth）。他表示，自己完全不知道何时会被佩戴监控设备。“我周四有一场与缓刑官的预约，但据我所知，在我真正被要求佩戴监控设备之前，可能还需要几个月时间，”他说。
Michael Bogle, a former bus driver who left HMP Wandsworth on Thursday having served 78 days in prison after breaching a 32-week suspended sentence for shoplifting, said he had no idea when he was going to be tagged. “I have an appointment with probation officers on Thursday, but as far I know it could take months before I actually get given a tag,” he said.
博格尔正在服用抗精神病药物，此前有100多次定罪记录，包括普通袭击和持有毒品。他在狱中被告知将被安置在保释宿舍，并获承诺安排在伦敦东南部的住所。然而，他表示自己实际上被安置在了伦敦西北部的一家早餐旅馆。
Bogle, who is taking anti-psychotic drugs and has more than 100 convictions including for common assault and drug possession, was told in prison that he would be housed in a bail hostel and had been promised a place in south-east London. However, he said he had instead been housed in a bed and breakfast facility in north-west London.
“我的钱快花光了，如果不得不偷窃一个三明治来果腹，我只能那么做，”他说。“我别无选择。但我真的不想回监狱——那里鸽子成灾、老鼠横行，人们在这样的环境中死去。”
“I am running out of money, and if I have to shoplift a sandwich to stop being hungry, I will just have to do it,” he said. “I won’t have a choice. But I really do not want to go back to prison – it is a pigeon-infested, rat-infested place and people are dying in the conditions there.”
周四，囚犯们庆祝走出监狱重获自由，并向首相致谢。一名离开达勒姆监狱的囚犯对媒体说：“司法制度，什么司法制度？谢谢，安迪·伯纳姆”一名因入室盗窃入狱、从卡迪夫监狱获释的囚犯表示，他“可能在未来一两个月内就会回去”。
Prisoners thanked the prime minister as they celebrated walking free from jail on Thursday. One told the press as he left HMP Durham: “Justice system, what justice system? Thank you, Andy Burnham A prisoner released from HMP Cardiff after being jailed for burglary said he would “probably be back in the next month or two”.
部长们介入，将强奸犯和最严重的儿童性犯罪者排除在提前释放政策之外，此前该政策在夏季受到批评。
Ministers intervened to exclude rapists and the most serious child sexual offenders from early release, after criticism of the policy over the summer.
这些规定也不适用于过失杀人罪犯，例如导致安德鲁·哈珀警员于2019年因公殉职的凶手。
The rules will also not apply to those guilty of manslaughter, such as the killers of PC Andrew Harper, who died in the line of duty in 2019.