Jump to content

Home Detention Curfew

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 2.27.66.31 (talk) at 19:18, 19 October 2016. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Home Detention Curfew is a detention scheme in the United Kingdom whereby certain short-term criminals are released from prison several weeks to months before the completion of their sentence to allow them to integrate back into society. The scheme is used for prisoners who are sentenced to terms greater than three months. Long term prisoners (these serving a sentence of more than four years but excluding life sentence prisoners) cannot be considered for release on the scheme. HDC is not typically applied to sex offenders or violent criminals sentenced under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Prisoners are assessed for risk prior to being released under this scheme and fitted with an electronic monitoring tag to ensure that they do not violate the terms of their curfew. Typically, such prisoners are required to remain in their designated home between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m.

Further reading

  • "Prison chiefs 'refusing early releases'". BBC News. 2002-02-18. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
  • "Tagged prisoners 'commit 1,400 crimes'". BBC News. 2002-03-17. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
  • "Home curfews to cut reoffending rate". London: The Times. 2004-12-04. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
Stub icon

This article about a United Kingdom prison is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Home_Detention_Curfew&oldid=745186603"