"It has only been two days, but I'm just dead twitchy. I don't even want to be in my own house." These are the words of Lara, a 30 year-old woman who was beaten by her ex-partner Owen.
He was one of around 1,700 prisoners granted early release last week under government plans to tackle overcrowding in prisons.
Some domestic violence charges - such as controlling and coercive behaviour and strangulation - were exempt from the scheme.
But Lara, whose ex-partner was convicted for Actual Bodily Harm (ABH) over a violent assault where he broke her nose, was eligible.
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