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<p>Data on releases on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) is published regularly in the Offender
Management Statistics:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018</a></p><p>
</p><p>The following table is taken from table A3.5 of <em>Prison Releases: 2018</em></p><p>
</p><p><strong>Proportion of eligible offenders* released on HDC 2016-18</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Men</strong></p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Women</strong></p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><em>*This is the number of offenders serving sentences of between 12 weeks
and just under 4 years and therefore potentially eligible for release on Home Detention
Curfew (HDC) in the relevant period. It includes offenders who are in fact statutorily
ineligible for HDC, plus offenders presumed unsuitable for HDC who will only be considered
for release in exceptional circumstances</em></p><p> </p><p>HDC is a robust scheme
which allows suitable, risk assessed, prisoners to work towards rehabilitation in
the community, while remaining subject to strict monitoring and other conditions.
If they breach these, they can be returned to custody. HDC allows reintegration back
into the community in a controlled and supervised way, which research suggests may
help to reduce the risk of further offending.</p><p>As indicated above, due to the
way the data is recorded, the eligible pool of offenders given in the published data
in fact includes some who could not lawfully be released on HDC, including those sentenced
to imprisonment for sexual offences who are overwhelmingly male.</p>
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