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<p>From 1 October 2013 to the 30 September 2014 the National Offender Management Service
referred a total of eight applications to the Northern Ireland Prison Service from
prisoners seeking to transfer from a prison in England and Wales to one in Northern
Ireland to continue serving a sentence of imprisonment or to facilitate a period of
temporary visits with close family.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 8 applications, two were
approved and the prisoners were transferred, one application was refused, one prisoner
withdrew their application and four applications remain under consideration.</p>
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