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<p>There is no official policy to issue tents as part of releasing people from prison,
therefore the Ministry of Justice does not collect data on the number of tents issued.
As such no information can be provided.</p><p>Our Prisons Strategy White Paper set
out our plans to reduce reoffending, including improving prison leavers’ access to
accommodation. This includes delivering our transitional accommodation service, known
as Community Accommodation Service – Tier 3 (CAS-3), which provides up to 84 nights
of basic temporary accommodation for prison leavers who would otherwise be homeless.</p><p>CAS-3
launched in five initial probation regions in July 2021. The service was expanded
to Wales in June 2022, with expansion to the remaining six probation regions in England
by the end of last year, to support the thousands of offenders who leave prison homeless.</p><p>Between
01 July 2021 and 31 March 2023 5,796 individuals, who would have otherwise been homeless,
were accepted on to CAS-3.</p>
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