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<p>Public protection is our priority. All offenders must meet strict criteria and
pass a full-risk assessment before being considered for release on temporary licence
(ROTL).</p><p> </p><p>ROTL is used to prepare prisoners for their eventual release
from custody and helps with finding work and stable accommodation, and to build and
maintain family ties, all of which helps reduce reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>Records
indicate that, on 31 December 2015, 80 prisoners were in the community having been
released overnight on ROTL. The table below shows the principal offence for which
these prisoners were serving a sentence by offence category and, within the “violence
against the person” category, by offence.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Table:
Prisoners on overnight temporary release on 31 December 2015, England & Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage
of total number released</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prisoners on overnight
temporary release on 31 December 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>80</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>100%</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Violence against
the person</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>24%</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Murder</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p><em>10%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attempted
murder</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p><em>-</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kidnapping</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p><em>-</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manslaughter</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p><em>-</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Causing
death or serious injury by dangerous driving</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p><em>-</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Causing
death by careless driving under influence of drink or drugs</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p><em>-</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assault
with intent to cause serious harm</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p><em>5%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Endangering
life</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p><em>-</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sexual
offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>4%</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Robbery</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>8%</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Theft
offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>8%</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Drug
offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>44%</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Possession
of weapons</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>4%</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Miscellaneous
crimes against society</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>4%</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fraud
offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>6%</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>An asterisk (*) has been used to suppress values
of two or less. This is to prevent the disclosure of individual information. Further
disclosure control may be completed where this alone is not sufficient.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Data sources and
quality</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>The
figures in these tables 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> </p>
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