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<p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>
</p><p>Prisoners are categorised based on an individual assessment of risk of escape
or abscond, of harm to the public in such an event, and any risk to the security and
safety of the prison and those within it.</p><p> </p><p>Progression towards release
for those serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences can take a number
of routes. Open conditions offer a means to test prisoners in conditions closer to
those in the community, and IPP prisoners will only be assessed as suitable for location
in such prisons following a robust risk assessment. They can be removed back to closed
conditions immediately at any time.</p><p> </p><p>Our priority remains the protection
of the public, and this is reflected in the work HM Prison and Probation Service undertake
with IPP prisoners prior to and following their release.</p><p> </p><p>No changes
have been made to the IPP release test, and the independent Parole Board will continue
to rigorously assess all tariff-expired IPP prisoners, in order as to determine they
are safe to be released.</p>
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