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<p>Prisoners sentenced to a standard determinate custodial sentence must be released
automatically at the halfway point of their sentence. Those sentenced to at least
12 weeks but less than four years may be released on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) up
to 135 days before the halfway point, depending on sentence length. 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> </p><p>Offenders released on
HDC are subject to electronically monitored curfew conditions in addition to the general
conditions of supervision required for offenders released on license but not on HDC.
Most HDC recalls are for curfew-related breaches, for example missing the curfew,
tampering with the equipment or technical inability to monitor, such as where the
offender loses their accommodation. The rest relate to breaches of the general supervision
conditions, such as failing to keep in touch with the offender manager or being charged
with a further offence.</p><p>We have not published to that level of detail since
2014. Of the 842 recalls that year, 650 were EM Curfew related.</p><p> </p><p>The
table below shows the number of people released on HDC, recalled to prison whilst
on HDC, and the proportion of those released who were so recalled in each of the last
five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Releases and Recall
on HDC, England and Wales 2014-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015<sup>(1)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number
released on HDC</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,614</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,319</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,041</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>9,312</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,769</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number
of HDC recalls</strong><strong><sup>(2)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>842</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>569
<sup>(3)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>542</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>698</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage
Recalled</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6%</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>7%</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>(1)
Figures for year 2015 and earlier were produced using an older methodology. (2) Includes
all recalls during the HDC period</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>(3) From 2015
we began to record the number of releases in that year ending in recall, including
where the recall takes place the following year - so that the release and recall can
be linked. Until 2014 we simply recorded the number of recalls in the year regardless
of year of release.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>* Unavailable The figures
in this table have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale
recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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