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<p>Prison population data is published on an end of month basis. The prison population
for those serving a sentence of less than a year on 31 December 2016 was 5,954. This
information is contained in Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ), Table
1.1, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/654646/prison-population-30-september-2017.xlsx"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/654646/prison-population-30-september-2017.xlsx</a></p><p>As
at 30 September 2017, there were 6,141 prisoners serving sentences of less than a
year; of whom, 624 had a release date on, or after, the 27 December 2017 and would
therefore normally be serving their sentence in custody on 25 December.</p><p> </p>
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