Download citation on jul 1, 2007, marietta martinovic and others published home detention. At any one time there are around 300 people under these arrangements in our communities and the vast majority of those are completed successfully without any breaches. Home detention curfews electronic tags what is a home detention curfew. The scottish prison service sps must work within the law when it releases. Article information, pdf download for home detention with electronic. It prepares prisoners for release, reintegrates them into the community and reduces the risk of them reoffending. The focus is the process from assessing eligibility for the scheme to the decision on whether to release, and it therefore needs to be read in conjunction. Home detention curfew is an important part of our justice system. This draft has since been made as a scottish statutory instrument. The instrument was referred to the justice committee as lead committee and was subject to affirmative procedure. The home detention curfew, or a tag as it is commonly known, is a scheme that allows certain prisoners to serve the last part of their sentence at home, or another suitable address, for up to a maximum period of 6 months. We have no plans at present to introduce curfew orders in scotland.
Home detention with electronic monitoring the new zealand. Home detention curfew hdc came into effect on 28 january 1999. Warrants standard operating procedure police scotland. Home detention curfews hdcs commonly referred to as electronic tagging allow prisoners to be released from prison earlier than the end of their sentence to serve the rest of the sentence under an electronic monitoring device. Publication scheme home detention curfew and restriction of liberty orders electronic monitoring standard operating procedure notice. They will normally be released on hdc unless there are clear grounds to indicate that they are unlikely successfully to complete the period on curfew. This document has been made available through the police service of scotland freedom of information publication scheme. Feb 2016 home detention curfew the home detention curfew hdc, or tag as it is often referred to is a scheme that allows certain prisoners, including 16 and 17 year olds, to serve the final part of their sentence up to one quarter. Prisoners sentenced to 4 years or more can only be considered for home detention curfew if the parole board has already decided to release them on parole. Mental health officer sometimes shortened to mho is a social worker who has special training and experience in working with people who have a. Find more information on home detention curfew and how it works on the scottish prison service website. We would back other forces if they decided a similar scheme would work in their area, said the spokeswoman. Evaluation of the use of home detention curfew and the open.
The home detention curfew licence prescribed standard conditions scotland no. Some prisoners are released early subject to a curfew which requires them to be at home for between 912 hours. From the end of this month, 500 prisoners a week are to be given early release under the governments home detention curfew programme designed to cut the jail population. Half of all tagged offenders break curfew rules, says report. The rules governing the victim notification scheme in scotland mean that victims are. Justice committee home detention curfew licence amendment. Home detention curfew a person you may care about is in prison and serving a sentence and you may be unsure of some of the procedures. Home detention curfew is a detention scheme in the united kingdom whereby certain shortterm criminals are released from prison several weeks to months before the completion of their sentence to allow them to integrate back into society.
Link to publication record in edinburgh research explorer. The parole board can only make a determination where the scottish ministers refer a case. Home detention curfew hdc is a way in which the scottish prison service sps, on behalf of scottish ministers, can release individuals sentenced to short and longterm prison sentences on hdc licence. Detention service order guidance about how uk visas and immigration decides to apply the home detention curfew hdc scheme to foreign offenders. The instrument was referred to the justice committee as lead committee and was. The home detention curfew scheme hdc or tagging is available to prisoners serving more than 3 months imprisonment but less than 4 years. The home detention curfew scheme came into force on 28 january 1999. Aug 01, 2001 a spokeswoman said there had been a positive effect from the scheme, which was set up independently by strathclyde police and south lanarkshire council. Issues, dilemmas and impacts for detainees coresiding family members find, read and cite all the. Families outside produces information sheets to help you, and if your family member is being considered for home detention curfew a tag, it may be useful to have some further facts about this.
Hdc is defined as home detention curfew uk criminal system frequently. The parole board also has the power to advise the scottish ministers on additional conditions on prisoners release licences, and it operates as appellate body for alleged breaches of home detention curfew. Prisoners sentenced to less than 4 years can be released on home detention curfew between 2 weeks and 6 months early before the halfway point of their sentence. Amendment of section 3aa5 of the prisoners and criminal proceedings scotland act 1993. Jun, 2007 the early release scheme and the home detention curfew. The early release scheme and the home detention curfew. Hdc home detention curfew uk criminal system acronymfinder. It was introduced as a means of reducing the prison population, however recent queries from prisoners would seem to indicate that not all establishments are providing the same information.
It is an early release option for people sentenced to varying lengths of imprisonment. Home detention curfews hdcs have been used in scotland since 2006, and allow for prisoners to serve part of their sentence in the community while being monitored via an electronic tag. Justice committee home detention curfew licence amendment scotland order 2016, 7th report, 2016 session 5 1 introduction 1. This case concerned the way in which the secretary of state for justice misinterpreted legislation relating to the early release of low risk prisoners under the home detention curfew scheme otherwise known as tagging, which led to remarkable anomalies and injustices whereby, at any one time, hundreds of prisoners were deprived of. In addition, someone may be put on a tag as part of a community order set by the court. Home detention curfew hdc is a way in which the scottish prison. Electronic tagging and home detention curfews are commonly referred to as tags, and they are schemes that allow some offenders to be released early from a prison sentence under the assurance of their monitored and limited freedom. The home detention curfew licence amendment scotland. The home detention curfew, or a tag as it is commonly known, is a scheme that. Some prisoners are released early subject to a curfew which requires them to be at home for between 912 hours per day, allowing them to live at home and to work during the final weeks of their sentence. Home detention curfew hdc came into use in scotland in 2006 and allows. This publication is available to download in other formats.
Half of all tagged offenders break curfew rules, says. Electronic tagging rules home detention curfew 2020. If you use assistive technology such as a screen reader and need a version of this document in a more. As a rule, early prison release occurs between two weeks and 5 days earlier than half term of the sentence. The home detention curfew licence amendment scotland order 2016 no. A report highlighting evidence that suggests offenders who receive home detention curfew. Home detention curfews are for prisoners who are serving a sentence between 3 months and 4 years. Home detention with electronic monitoring was introduced in new zealand in october 1999. Home detention curfew hdc came into use in scotland in 2006 and allows prisoners, mainly on shorter. Sep, 20 detention service order guidance about how uk visas and immigration decides to apply the home detention curfew hdc scheme to foreign offenders. Electronic monitoring in scotland scottish centre for crime and. Rules and guidance for prison and probation staff on the home detention curfew hdc scheme.
This order may be cited as the home detention curfew licence amendment scotland order 2016 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made. The decision to release any prisoner on the hdc scheme must be taken having. Niacro is a charity operating in northern ireland, which has been working for almost 50 years to minimise the harmful impact that crime can have on communities and families. Edinburgh research explorer connecting repositories. Hmics hmics independent assessment of police scotlands. Mar 17, 2018 home detention curfews for early released prisoners were first introduced by the labour government in 1999 sections 99 and 100, crime and disorder act 1998 at about the same time that electronically monitored curfews as a community penalty went national. In the first year of operation on average approximately 2,000 prisoners were subject to home detention curfew at any one time. Prisoners serving this length of sentence often get an automatic due date for a release.
Home detention curfew allows certain offenders to serve some of their sentence subject to minimum and maximum periods set out in law on licence in the community, while wearing an electronic tag. And, despite assurances that convicts freed under the home detention curfew scheme are subject to background checks, nearly one in four are returned to. Home detention curfew hdc came into use in scotland in 2006 and allows prisoners, mainly on shorter sentences, to serve up to a quarter of their sentence for a maximum of six months and a minimum of two weeks on licence in the community, while wearing an electronic tag. The home detention curfew licence prescribed standard. The committee has considered the following instrument home detention curfew licence amendment scotland order 2016 draft 2. Home detention curfew licence amendment scotland order 2016. Evaluation of the use of home detention curfew and the open prison estate in scotland citation for published version. Home detention curfew allows people with convictions to serve part of their sentence in the community while wearing an electronic tag. Mar 17, 2002 the home office spokeswoman said that by november 30, 2001, only 893 of the 42,853 prisoners released under the scheme had been convicted or cautioned or were awaiting prosecution in relation to offences committed while subject to home detention curfew. Home detention curfew and restriction of liberty orders. Are you looking for support and information in northern ireland. But a circular sent to jails in england and wales advises inmates to apply for release under home detention curfew, which allows prisoners out up to. Home detention curfew is a detention scheme in the united kingdom whereby certain shortterm criminals are released from prison several weeks to months. Electronic tags to free inmates uk news the guardian.
In scotland, a unified welfarebased system, committed to. Oct 30, 2012 the home detention curfew scheme came into force on 28 january 1999. The parole board for scotland must first recommend release on parole before sps can make the decision to. Eligible prisoners primarily serving between three months and less than four years may be released on hdc up to 5 days earlier than they would be otherwise, depending on their sentence length. The effect of home detention curfew on recidivism gov. For most eligible prisoners hdc will be a normal part of their progression through their sentence.
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