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<p>Anyone who breaches his licence conditions is liable to be recalled to custody.
Those who commit a crime while on licence face prosecution and potentially more time
in prison. For serious offences, they can be held in prison on remand until trial.</p><p>The
figures provided in the tables below refer to offenders serving a sentence of less
than 12 months who have been released and subsequently recalled. These offenders became
subject to supervision and licence conditions only as a result of the commencement
of the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (ORA) in February 2015. Prior to this, such
offenders were released unconditionally.</p><p>Throughout the period covered by the
data, the number of offenders subject to the new provisions has steadily increased.
This is because the ORA requirement applied only to those sentenced after commencement.
In recent months, the number of ORA offenders being recalled has levelled out.</p><p>Furthermore,
the ORA provisions have had a disproportionate effect on the number of women recalled
because evidence suggests women are more likely to receive shorter sentences.</p><p>Table
A gives a breakdown of the number of men and women supervised by Community Rehabilitation
Companies following a prison sentence of less than 12 months who have been recalled
to prison, each month since February 2015.</p><p>Table A</p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="10"><p>Number of offenders recalled from licence following a sentence of
less than 12 months, by gender, month and Community Rehabilitation Company area</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Feb-15</p></td><td><p>Mar-15</p></td><td><p>Apr-15</p></td><td><p>May-15</p></td><td><p>Jun-15</p></td><td><p>Jul-15</p></td><td><p>Aug-15</p></td><td><p>Sep-15</p></td><td><p>Oct-15</p></td><td><p>Nov-15</p></td><td><p>Dec-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Females</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><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><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Rehabilitation
Companies</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire,
Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire & Rutland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire
& West Midlands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire
& West Mercia</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham
Tees Valley</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside,
Lincolnshire & North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire
& Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria
& Lancashire</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire,
Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire & Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent,
Surrey & Sussex</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk
& Suffolk</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol,
Gloucestershire, Somerset & Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset,
Devon & Cornwall</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire
& Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames
Valley</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Males</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><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><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Rehabilitation Companies</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>393</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>422</p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire,
Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire & Rutland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire
& West Midlands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire
& West Mercia</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham
Tees Valley</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside,
Lincolnshire & North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire
& Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria
& Lancashire</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire,
Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire & Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent,
Surrey & Sussex</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk
& Suffolk</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol,
Gloucestershire, Somerset & Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset,
Devon & Cornwall</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire
& Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames
Valley</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Table B gives a breakdown of women
supervised by Community Rehabilitation Companies following a prison sentence of less
than 12 months who have been recalled, broken down by the number of times they have
been recalled.</p><p> </p><p>Table B</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Number
of female offenders recalled from licence by Community Rehabilitation Companies following
a sentence of less than 12 months</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><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><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Feb-Dec
2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><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><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of recalls</p></td><td><p>368</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><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><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of offenders recalled</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recalled
once</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recalled twice</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recalled
3 times</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recalled 4 times</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recalled
5 or more times</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><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><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="3"><p>1. Recalls following a sentence of less than 12 months were only available
from February 2015.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>2. The number of recalls for each offender is
the total number of recalls from the same sentence in the period February-December
2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>3. Some offenders may have been
recalled from more than one sentence over the period. Only multiple recalls from the
same sentence are counted here.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p>
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