Prisoners released early this week have ALREADY been recalled to jail: First convict to be returned was sent back within 36 hours

Some prisoners released early this week have already been recalled to jail, with the first convict being sent back only lasting 36 hours on the outside.

Throughout Tuesday the Government released 1700 inmates in England and Wales as part of an early release scheme to help control over crowding in prisons. A further 1700 are expected to be released on October 22.

The first to be recalled is understood to have failed to turn up to a pre-arranged address, leading to probation officers alerting police, who caught him and remanded him back into custody, reported the Telegraph.

Officials from the criminal justice system have warned that those released will commit more crimes, with one prison officer saying about half could be back behind bars soon enough after the policy was 'rushed through'.

Others have been recalled for breaches of their license, which places restrictions on where they can go, who they can meet and where they can live.

One prisoner was arrested on suspicion of rape just seconds after being set free, the MailOnline revealed.

The man was seen walking out of the gates of the jail before turning his head from side to side in astonishment as he realised police were waiting for him.

He allowed himself to be cuffed and led away into a waiting van that took him to a nearby police station.

Following an enquiry to the Met, it has emerged the man, 28, was arrested on suspicion of rape, sex assault and a racially aggravated public order offence

Charlie Taylor, HM Inspectorate of Prisons, has said the government has 'no choice but to do something' as 'the bath was in danger of overflowing, and they either had to turn the taps off or they had to let some water out'.

However, he told Sky News this morning: 'It's a risky time with so many prisoners coming out at the same time. Normally, there are about 1,000 prisoners coming out a week.

'Most of those 1,000 prisoners will still come out this week.

'But on top of that, we've got 1,700 other prisoners, and then in October, we have another tranche of around 2,000 coming out as well, inevitably, that puts some risks into local communities and greater strain on already stretched probation services.'

He told BBC Breakfast: 'It's inevitable that some of these prisoners will get recalled to custody and it's inevitable that some of them will go out homeless.

'If people are coming out, they're not properly prepared, and they're homeless, then what we'll see is the danger that they'll commit more offences, or that they breach their bail conditions, in which case they'll end up back inside again.'

His claim that some inmates would reoffend was echoed by Martin Jones, the chief of probation.

He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it is a 'certainty' some will reoffend, adding that 'around a third' will commit further crimes.

Mr Jones added that the scheme was putting a 'huge amount of pressure' on the probation service and that due to a lack of probation officers the system is 'significantly overstretched'.

Inmates currently behind bars will be released after serving only 40 per cent of their sentence - the first time this has been lowered from the previous 50 per cent.

The deeply controversial move will be the largest release of prisoners in a decade, with some prisons in rural areas preparing to lay on coaches to transport freed criminals.

One released prisoner called Jackie told LBC radio: 'You feel happy you're getting out, but then the reality of it sort of sinks in, and in the end you sort of end up just thinking you may as well have just stayed here.

'It's not brilliant in there - I don't want to sound like I want to be in there - but then I come out here, then I go probably drink too much or whatever. And then I'll end up back in with more offences. I'd have rather just sat there.

'I promise you I'm not just staying it - I really would've rather just stayed in - not because I like it, it's because I know I'm going to be on a bench tonight. I was just after a nice warm cell, a nice padmate, television, kettle and three square meals a day.'

Another woman waiting for her husband outside Holme House Prison in Durham said: 'He won't be going back but some of the others will be back inside in weeks.

'I heard one person ask for a crack pipe moments after getting out. You could have knocked me down with a feather.

'They're getting money to help them get home, as well as McDonald's and supermarket food vouchers, but you know they're just going to get drugs with them.'