Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said that inmates who were homeless on release could be temporarily placed in taxpayer-funded budget hotels if there was not enough space in other community accommodation.
Freed prisoners who are homeless are more than 30 per cent more likely to reoffend than those who have accommodation.
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