Prisoners' Release
(asked on 12th September 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serving prisoners were not in prison accommodation overnight on New Year's Eve 2015; what offences were committed by each such offender; and how many such offences were in which category of violent offences against the person.
Public protection is our priority. All offenders must meet strict criteria and pass a full-risk assessment before being considered for release on temporary licence (ROTL).
ROTL is used to prepare prisoners for their eventual release from custody and helps with finding work and stable accommodation, and to build and maintain family ties, all of which helps reduce reoffending.
Records indicate that, on 31 December 2015, 80 prisoners were in the community having been released overnight on ROTL. The table below shows the principal offence for which these prisoners were serving a sentence by offence category and, within the “violence against the person” category, by offence.
Table: Prisoners on overnight temporary release on 31 December 2015, England & Wales | ||
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| Number | Percentage of total number released |
Prisoners on overnight temporary release on 31 December 2015 | 80 | 100% |
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Violence against the person | 19 | 24% |
Murder | 8 | 10% |
Attempted murder | * | - |
Kidnapping | * | - |
Manslaughter | * | - |
Causing death or serious injury by dangerous driving | * | - |
Causing death by careless driving under influence of drink or drugs | * | - |
Assault with intent to cause serious harm | 4 | 5% |
Endangering life | * | - |
Sexual offences | 3 | 4% |
Robbery | 6 | 8% |
Theft offences | 6 | 8% |
Drug offences | 35 | 44% |
Possession of weapons | 3 | 4% |
Miscellaneous crimes against society | 3 | 4% |
Fraud offences | 5 | 6% |
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An asterisk (*) has been used to suppress values of two or less. This is to prevent the disclosure of individual information. Further disclosure control may be completed where this alone is not sufficient. | ||
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Data sources and quality |
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The figures in these tables 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. | ||