More women will die if domestic abusers leave prison early, victim’s parents warn

<p>Parents of Michaela Hall, whose partner killed her after he left prison in 2021, say Probation Service cannot cope with mass release</p><p>More women will die if ministers include domestic abusers in the early prison release scheme, the parents of a woman murdered by her partner shortly after he was freed have warned.</p><p>Michaela Hall, a 49-year-old charity worker, was killed in her home in Cornwall, by Lee Kendall in 2021 two weeks after he was released from prison, where he had been serving a sentence for assaulting her.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/17/more-women-will-die-if-domestic-abusers-leave-prison-early-victims-parents-warn">Continue reading...</a>