§ Joyce QuinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make an outline statement on his Department's policy on home detention curfew for prisoners released before the end of their sentence. [47080]
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§ Beverley HughesUnder the Home Detention Curfew (HDC) scheme prisoners serving over three months and under four years, who pass a risk assessment, may be released up to 60 days early to spend the final part of their sentence under an electronic curfew. 46,000 prisoners have been released on the scheme since it began in January 1999. Over 93 per cent. completed the scheme successfully.
From the beginning of May 2002, prisoners serving sentences of three months or over but under 12 months, with the exception of those convicted of violent or drugs offences within the previous three years and prisoners who have any history of sexual offending, will be released on HDC for the latter part of their sentence unless there are compelling reasons not to do so.