The first line of this article sums it up nicely:Prisoners released early under a government scheme to cut jail overcrowding have been paid more than £5m in “compensation” for losing free board and lodging.
It's just what it implies. And don't think that the complete failure of a program is a reason to abandon it:
The government has already admitted that prisoners benefiting from the early release scheme have committed almost 1,000 crimes when they would have been locked up.
When will this program end?
"We will end ECL when there is sufficient prison capacity to safely do so.”
In other words, never.
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