evidence: Anyone released will be monitored by the Probation Service, and this could involve the use of electronic tagging and curfews. [...] It emerged in October that 57 of the 477 prisoners who were freed in June and July were back in prison before their original release date. [...] Before he was appointed as the new prisons minister, James Timpson told Channel 4 news, external that he wanted to break the cycle of re-offending by giving ex-offenders more job opportunities.