Sex beast released from jail committed another sex crime on the TRAIN HOME
Jail watchdog slams Littlehey prison in Cambridgeshire and says it might 'not be an isolated case'
A SEX offender released from jail committed another sex crime on the train home, it emerged yesterday.
The beast reoffended immediately after being released from HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire.
Shocked jail watchdogs have slammed the nick for failing to reintegrate perverts into society.
The unnamed con committed another hideous sex crime in a carriage on the line from Huntingdon to Peterborough just minutes after leaving jail.
The convict is understood to have been sent straight back to prison.
Bosses now fear that, due to mis-management, "this might not be an isolated case".
In both 2014 and 2013, an incredible 59 per cent of prisoners released from Littlehey reoffended within 12 months.
And in both years, 28 per cent of sex offenders freed from the jail committed similar crimes after a year.
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The scandal was revealed in Littlehey prison's Independent Monitoring Board report for last year.
The damning report says: "Littlehey is not categorised as a resettlement prison which in theory means prisoners
are moved six months prior to release from Littlehey to a resettlement prison.
"As Littlehey’s population is made up of prisoners who have been convicted of a sexual offence it is not easy nor always appropriate to transfer them to the prison nearest their home.
"Unless resettlement services are specifically commissioned by their probation manager, prisoners may be released with no support or accommodation in place.
"The Board was shocked to learn about a released prisoner who immediately re-offended on the train from Huntingdon to Peterborough and feels that this might not be an isolated case."
The report revealed that staff at the prison are in meltdown due to cuts and excessive demands.
It states: "The elderly population means that Health Care face increasing demands on limited resources.
"Escorting increasing numbers of prisoners to hospital and subsequent stays in hospital tie up
already scarce staff resources.
"The re-deployment of such staff puts at risk the day to day running of the prison with services like offender management and re-settlement suffering badly at times."
Littlehey holds approximately 10 per cent of the national population of almost 12,000 sex offenders in England and Wales.
The prisons watchdog slammed jail bosses because there is no published national sex offender strategy.
There was also criticism for the "limited evidence" in proving whether existing sex offending programmes help reduce the risk of pervert prisoners reoffending after release.
In Littlehey, 72 per cent of the 876 men lags are in denial about the sexual element of their offence.
Just under 40 per cent are deemed low risk and so receive no sexual behaviour interventions in the Category C prison which opened in 1988.
In 2003 an inspection report from Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons criticised Littlehey for not helping inmates integrate back into society.
The report found that "prisoners needed more help with finding jobs and accommodation before their release".
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: "Public protection is our top priority and offenders on licence are subject to a strict set of conditions.
"If they fail to comply with these conditions, they can be returned to prison and face extra time behind bars."
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