Good morning. On his family holiday last week, the prime minister, Andy Burnham, was reported to be taking daily calls from Ministry of Justice officials about his government’s early release scheme. A furious public outcry(公众强烈抗议) has gathered pace(加速，加剧) since it emerged that the plan – brought in by his predecessor, Keir Starmer, to alleviate(缓解，减轻) overcrowding in prisons across England and Wales – might include two of the killers of PC Andrew Harper and other serious sexual offenders, including grooming(诱骗（儿童等）) gang perpetrators(犯罪者，肇事者).
早上好。上周，首相安迪·伯纳姆在家庭度假期间，据报道每天都要接听司法部官员关于政府提前释放计划的电话。自该计划——由其前任基尔·斯塔默为缓解英格兰和威尔士监狱过度拥挤而推出——可能包括杀害警察安德鲁·哈珀的两名凶手以及其他严重性犯罪者（包括诱骗团伙成员）的消息传出后，公众的愤怒迅速升级。
After several weeks of “system says no(系统说不（指官僚拒绝）)” briefings, which Harper’s mother Debbie Adlam has described as “a rollercoaster … really draining(令人精疲力竭的)”, yesterday Burnham endeavoured(努力，尽力) to put a pin in it(搁置，暂缓) until September.
在经历了数周被哈珀的母亲黛比·阿德拉姆形容为“过山车……令人精疲力竭”的“系统说不”简报后，昨天伯纳姆努力将此事搁置到九月。
Announcing that he had tasked(委派任务) the justice secretary, Alex Norris, with fast-tracking(快速推进) measures to free up(腾出，释放) prison space, the prime minister insisted he was “increasingly confident” that the early release scheme can be adapted to exclude the constable’s killers. He had previously intervened to exempt(豁免，免除) grooming gang members, rapists and those convicted(被判有罪的) of “serious” child sexual offences.
首相宣布已责成司法大臣亚历克斯·诺里斯采取快速措施腾出监狱空间，并坚称他“越来越有信心”提前释放计划可以调整，以排除杀害警察的凶手。他此前已干预，豁免了诱骗团伙成员、强奸犯以及被判犯有“严重”儿童性犯罪的人。
Five big stories
五大要闻
In depth: ‘We should be locking up people we’re afraid of, not people we’re mad at’
深度报道：“我们应该关押我们害怕的人，而不是我们生气的人”
What else we’ve been enjoying
我们还在享受什么
Sport
体育
The front pages
头版
Today in Focus
今日焦点
Cartoon of the day | Nicola Jennings
当日漫画 | 尼古拉·詹宁斯
The Upside
积极新闻
Bored at work?
工作无聊？