A prisoner who was released early under Labour's scheme to free up prison spaces is back in jail after committing 11 crimes in five days.

Michael Bogle, 38, stole more than £100 of washing powder from Sainsbury's just 24 hours after being freed alongside 700 other offenders.

He went on to shoplift a further £98.85 of detergent from Tesco over the next three days.

The 38-year-old was also seen entering a Sainsbury's store three times to steal despite being banned from going near it. 

The prolific offender was arrested on Monday and pleaded guilty on Tuesday before being sentenced to eight months in prison. 

Bogle, a registered sex offender, declared, 'Keep the early release going, it's good' as he walked out of HMP Wandsworth on October 1. 

He had served just 78 days for breaching a criminal behaviour order and a 32-week suspended sentence for shoplifting. 

Asked for his message to Andy Burnham, Bogle said: 'Keep the early release going. It's good.'

He told reporters he did not vote but if he did he would vote for the Labour Party, before adding that he planned to celebrate 'by having some kebabs'.

Bogle - who has been jailed five separate times for 100 convictions - said there was a risk he would shoplift again 'but hopefully not'. 

Matt Twist, the Metropolitan Police's Assistant Commissioner, was surprised by how quickly he had reoffended. 

'While it is not surprising that someone with this history went on to reoffend, the speed with which he did so, and the impact on frontline policing, is astonishing,' he said.

'Just one day after his release, he was captured on CCTV stealing from two supermarkets in north-west London.'

Police had to spend a day hunting the serial offender, who has 16 previous convictions for theft, criminal damage and indecent exposure. 

He was sent back to jail for four counts of shoplifting, breaching court orders and commercial burglary.

It comes as Sir Mark Rowley hit out at Labour's early release scheme, saying his officers are now dealing with 100 electronic tag breaches a day by criminals. 

Met officers are arresting two or three offenders a week who have been set free from prison under the programme. Police leaders say the situation will only get worse as more dangerous offenders are let out under Labour's reforms.

'I'm worried about the number of offenders being released into communities,' Sir Mark told LBC radio.

'At the moment we're arresting two or three early release offenders a week who are being recalled to prison or doing further offending. We're getting increasing numbers of tag breaches to enforce that probation is sending to us. It's now over 100 tag breaches a day in London – and rising.

'So, we take them to court. We're seeing 95 per cent plus of the tagging breaches that we arrest are simply being bailed back into the community on the same conditions. So, there is zero sanction.'

Under the new reforms, shorter sentences have been ditched, meaning fewer offenders are being jailed. Police also have to monitor criminals released early.

Sir Mark warned: 'We're seeing fewer people remanded in prison. That's leaving more prolific and volatile people in communities.'

As a result, arrest warrants have doubled, he said. 'This year we were getting 800 arrest warrants a month. We're now getting the best part of 1,600.'

He added: 'So this is a really difficult situation. Officers are really concerned and frustrated that they're trying to deal with danger on behalf of the public, and the system is losing its strength to do it.'

Borough Commander for North West London, Detective Chief Superintendent Luke Williams, emailed local politicians about the case, warning victims are 'losing confidence in a system that is not handling offenders and suspects adequately: tagging orders are not being strictly enforced and dangerous people are frequently being released on bail'.

He said: 'The concerning nature of the early release scheme in this case was a known prolific offender being put back into the community, only to immediately reoffend.'

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said: 'Labour let out this prolific offender early last Thursday – and he has already embarked on a crime spree.'

He added: 'Labour's reckless and botched release scheme is unleashing a crime wave already.'

Police chiefs are demanding the Government provide an extra £480million because of the extra costs of dealing with offenders freed early. Last week, 700 prisoners, including violent offenders, were let out.

An estimated 4,500 criminals will be let out early over the next 10 months, including domestic abusers and some categories of sex offenders. 

Ben Cockburn, chair of the National Association of Probation Officers (Napo), has warned that the scheme poses an 'existential' risk to the probation service. 

He also revealed that Napo has asked ministers to put the entire service in special measures as it braces for a 'once in a generation' crisis.

Ministers have insisted measures are being put in place to keep the public safe despite so many offenders being released at the same time.

Justice secretary Alex Norris has boasted of 'the biggest expansion of tagging ever' and plans for new 'restriction zones' limiting offenders' movements with the help of GPS tracking.

But a report has previously found almost half of electronic tags are not fitted on time, leading to breaches of court and prison orders.