Pressure is growing on the UK government to change controversial legislation that means some violent offenders will be released from jail earlier than expected.
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The Sentencing Act, which came into force this year, allows some offenders to leave jail after serving just a third of their sentences and others just half of theirs.
The government says it has to tackle overcrowding in prisons in England and Wales.
We spoke to a group of survivors about the risks they say will come with the changes and the huge impact this is going to have on them and the wider community.
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