Prisoners Temporary Release Scheme: Replaced by Prisoners Conditional Early Release Scheme as of 4 July 2016

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A decision made 25 April 2016:

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2016-0035
Decision Summary Title :	Introduction of Prisoner Conditional Early Release Scheme		Date of Decision Summary:	22 April 2016
Decision Summary Author:	Prison Governor		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title :	Prisoners Conditional Early Release Scheme (April 2016)		Date of Written Report:	20 April 2016
Written Report Author:	Prison Governor		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: The Prisoners Temporary Release Scheme to be replaced by the Prisoners Conditional Early Release Scheme.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the introduction of the Prisoners Conditional Early Release Scheme, to come into effect from 4th July 2016.
Reason(s) for Decision: To bring temporary release procedures in Jersey into greater alignment with practices across Europe.
Resource Implications: Additional supervisory role for the Honorary Police checking those on Home Detention Curfew, as agreed with the Comité des Chefs and Comité des Connétables.
Action required: The Prison Governor to inform prisoners and other interested parties (Probation and Police) of changes to the early release policy.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Home Affairs
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Prisoners Temporary Release Scheme: Replaced by Prisoners Conditional Early Release Scheme

Decision Summary

Background

The purpose of the Conditional Early Release Scheme is to bring practise [TW1][BM2] in Jersey more into alignment with other jurisdictions, while ensuring that individuals are monitored in the community on conditional licence to ensure public safety.

Prisoners in the UK and elsewhere in Europe are considered for release into the community at an earlier stage of a custodial sentence. Prisoners may become eligible for consideration for conditional release on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) at 50% of the custodial sentence or a maximum of 18 months from the prisoner’s final release date. Any applications for conditional release will continue to be considered by the Release on Temporary Licence Panel, which is chaired by the Prison Governor and includes an independent member.

Prisoners on HDC will have to be in employment; if not in paid work, then on community work. It should be noted that those prisoners who are unable to provide a suitable address for HDC will no longer be able to access community visits, community work or home leave.

The prison Outworker’s Unit, which has a very limited remaining lifespan in any case, will be closed.

Supervision: The Jersey Probation and Aftercare Service will provide supervision to those on early release and the Honorary Police will continue to carryout checks on individuals during curfew times.

Prison Service personnel will also make frequent but random checks on individuals during normal daytime activities.

[TW1]Should this be ‘practice’ (the noun?)

[BM2]Don’t think so. I am referring to continuous release of prissoners into the community at the 50% stage rather than ‘the scheme or practice’.