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Release low risk prisoners with up to one year left on home detention curfew.

Submitted on Friday 3rd April 2020

Rejected on Friday 29th May 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Release low risk prisoners with up to one year left on home detention curfew.

Petition Details

I want the Government to release prisoners that are low risks to the community on home detention curfew Where they can finish the rest of their sentence.

Additional Information

This will ease pressures across jails in England and Wales, in addition this will contribute to improving prison conditions and enable prisoners to feel safer, calmer and readier to engage in rehabilitation. A reduction in prison population may also contribute to making them a safer place for staff and other offenders


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

If a prisoner has a fixed-term sentence, they are normally released automatically halfway through their sentence. Prisoners can apply for parole if they have an extended sentence, or a fixed-term sentence for certain lengths or crimes, but decisions about granting parole are a matter for the parole board, and not the Government or House of Commons: www.gov.uk/leaving-prison

If you want the Government to extend rights to apply for parole, or reduce the proportion of a sentence that is served before prisoners are released automatically, you could start a new petition requesting this.

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