Jails should stop releasing prisoners on Fridays because it increases reoffending and drug abuse, Government’s advisers have warned. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) said a third of prisoners were released on a Friday despite this making it more likely they would have no housing, no money and no drug treatment over the weekend. They said they were more likely to relapse, reoffend or, in the most serious cases, die, said the advisers. “Prisoners with release dates on Saturdays, Sundays or a bank holiday Monday are let out on Fridays, meaning a disproportionate number of people are released on this day,” said the advisers.

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