By City A.M. Comment Desk Should Labour scrap the early release scheme?The UK’s overcrowded prisons running out of space – they are literally days away from capacity. There are construction plans for new jails but they won’t be ready anytime soon. In February, the government started releasing prisoners early to try to deal with the problem. Many prisons are housing two inmates in cells built for one. So what should Labour do? Extend the scheme? Or should the scrap it? Yes: The early release scheme is masking a problem but not solving itSuccessive governments have released prisoners before the …