This handy information sheet covers issues relevant for family members around a prisoner's release date. The sheet summarises factors influencing the release date, tackles some myths, and defines the meaning of Home Detention Curfew (Tag), Early Removal Scheme, Parole, Tariff, Remand Time, Adjudications and Extended Sentences. Useful for professionals as a summary and to pass on to a family member or carer.
See the Offenders' Families Helpline website for the entire range of their information sheets below:
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