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Families welcome changes to early release scheme
Loved ones of Archie York and Maya Chappell campaigned to change the early release scheme
The families of two children killed in separate crimes have welcome changes to the early prison release scheme, meaning those guilty of involvement in their deaths will stay in prison.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said anyone convicted of unlawful killing or allowing the death of a child would be excluded from the scheme.
The mother of Archie York, 7, who died in a Newcastle explosion caused by an illegal drugs lab in the flat below, said "we have finally got the news we wanted".
The great aunt of toddler Maya Chappell, who was shaken by her mother's boyfriend in Shotton Colliery, said the news was "such a relief". Maya's mother was also jailed for allowing the death of a child.
Burnham said offenders jailed for all forms of manslaughter, historic child sex offences and causing or allowing the death of a child would be excluded from the scheme, which aims to ease prison overcrowding.
Extra prison space would be created by deporting foreign prisoners and releasing some inmates serving indefinite sentences, he said.
However, the Conservatives warned dangerous criminals could still be freed under the prime minister's changes.
Reece Galbraith was jailed after he admitted two counts of manslaughter
Drug dealer Reece Galbraith was jailed for 14 years after admitting manslaughter in connection with the huge drugs lab explosion in Newcastle's West End that killed Archie in 2024.