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<p>Whilst crime is falling, since 2010 offenders are more likely to go to prison and
for longer. Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for our independent judiciary,
taking account of all the circumstances of each case.</p><p> </p><p>The Government
has reformed how short custodial sentences are served. Under the Offender Rehabilitation
Act 2014, all those serving custodial sentences must now be subject to 12 months of
supervision following their release. This means that sentenced offenders leaving prison
will spend at least 12 months under supervision, and they will be liable to be sent
back to prison if they breach their conditions, where previously around 45,000 prisoners
have been released each year with no statutory oversight.</p><p> </p><p>These new
statutory requirements have been combined with a significant new approach to rehabilitation
under which Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) – which bring together the best
of the public, private and voluntary sectors – are working in new and innovative ways
to tackle re-offending, and will be paid according to the results they achieve.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Latest available information on the number of prisoners serving an
immediate custodial sentence of 12 months or less, by offence group, in England and
Wales can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8">Prison
population serving a sentence of 12 months or less by offence group, 2014, England
and Wales</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>31-Dec-13</td><td>31-Mar-14</td><td>30-Jun-14</td><td>30-Sep-14</td><td>31-Dec-14</td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Violence
against the person</td><td>1,635</td><td>1,682</td><td>1,704</td><td>1,725</td><td>1,682</td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Sexual
offences</td><td>317</td><td>328</td><td>302</td><td>320</td><td>295</td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Robbery</td><td>174</td><td>160</td><td>147</td><td>118</td><td>90</td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Burglary</td><td>551</td><td>535</td><td>491</td><td>..</td><td>..</td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Theft
and handling</td><td>2,282</td><td>2,372</td><td>2,270</td><td>..</td><td>..</td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Fraud
and forgery</td><td>262</td><td>262</td><td>236</td><td>211</td><td>225</td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Drug offences</td><td>356</td><td>413</td><td>398</td><td>381</td><td>332</td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Motoring
offences</td><td>390</td><td>434</td><td>430</td><td>413</td><td>403</td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Other offences</td><td>1,724</td><td>1,872</td><td>1,800</td><td>1,824</td><td>1,681</td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Offence
not recorded</td><td>67</td><td>122</td><td>115</td><td>109</td><td>68</td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>7,758</td><td>8,180</td><td>7,893</td><td>7,792</td><td>7,218</td><td>
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</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Data
Sources and Quality</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="13" rowspan="3"><p>Due
to continuing problems with data quality, reporting on the populations in the 'Burglary'
and 'Theft and Handling' offence groups has been disrupted between 1 July and 31 December
2014. This is because, for statistical purposes only, some prisoners have been mis-allocated
between these two offence groups. The reporting of these figures has therefore been
postponed pending further investigation.</p><p>These figures 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><tr><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="13"> </td></tr></tbody></table>
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