Two prisoners from Bullingdon prison are among 57 nationwide to be released early from jail under the world's biggest electronic tagging scheme.

Up to 30,000 inmates a year in Britain are eventually expected to take advantage of the new scheme, which will allow them to serve the final part of their sentence in the community. The prisoners will be fitted with an electronic tag which will pinpoint their movements.

The two from the jail at Arncott, near Bicester, have been selected from an estimated 7,500 eligible prisoners.

Story date: Wednesday 27 January

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