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Boris To Get Tough On Crime.
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/// Left wingers will howl. But its time to make criminals afraid - not the public. ///
/// Left wingers will howl. But its time to make criminals afraid - not the public. ///
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Spicerack; "Sounds like a threat to me Ken. You think it's clever do you?"
What goes on in that empty head of yours? Where do i say i think it's clever? My interpretation of what she said is that she is merely pointing out this has been rolled out before and didn't work then. All that happened was that police stopped and searched a certain faction of the community in inordinate numbers leading to 'unrest'. If you think people are overplaying the racist card now, just wait until this SAS is in place.
What goes on in that empty head of yours? Where do i say i think it's clever? My interpretation of what she said is that she is merely pointing out this has been rolled out before and didn't work then. All that happened was that police stopped and searched a certain faction of the community in inordinate numbers leading to 'unrest'. If you think people are overplaying the racist card now, just wait until this SAS is in place.
//When a judge hands down a sentence for, say, 12 months, he/she knows full well that only half of it will be served.//
Actually, ken (and everybody else who probably doesn't realise) he/she knows full well that in a large number of cases only one quarter of it will be served. Those sentenced to at least twelve weeks but under four years can be released, under a tagged curfew, having served one quarter of their sentence (subject to having served a minimum of 28 days). The maximum remission under this scheme is 135 days. This means anybody sentenced to 540 days (roughly 18 months) or less will serve a quarter of their sentence in prison, a quarter of it on HDC and the remaining half "on licence" (during which time they are supposedly supervised by the probation service, but otherwise free of restrictions). Those sentenced to more than 540 days but less than four years will be released on HDC 135 days before their half way point.
There are some exceptions to the right to HDC but the vast majority of those sentenced will be eligible for it. The government's waffle paper about it is here:
https:/ /assets .publis hing.se rvice.g ov.uk/g overnme nt/uplo ads/sys tem/upl oads/at tachmen t_data/ file/79 0670/ho me-dete ntion-c urfew-p f.pdf
A slightly easier to read version is here:
http:// www.pri sonrefo rmtrust .org.uk /ForPri sonersF amilies /Prison erInfor mationP ages/Ho meDeten tionCur fewHDC
As an aside, when it was first introduced, HDC was only available to those sentenced to four months or more. In true civil service style, the designers of the scheme did not do a few simple sums. Thus someone sentenced to twelve weeks would only be released after serving six (the half way stage). Whereas someone sentenced to sixteen weeks would be released after four weeks (half off automatically and another quarter off under HDC). There followed the ridiculous farce of advocates pleading for their clients to be subject to a longer prison sentence as they would actually be released earlier!
Actually, ken (and everybody else who probably doesn't realise) he/she knows full well that in a large number of cases only one quarter of it will be served. Those sentenced to at least twelve weeks but under four years can be released, under a tagged curfew, having served one quarter of their sentence (subject to having served a minimum of 28 days). The maximum remission under this scheme is 135 days. This means anybody sentenced to 540 days (roughly 18 months) or less will serve a quarter of their sentence in prison, a quarter of it on HDC and the remaining half "on licence" (during which time they are supposedly supervised by the probation service, but otherwise free of restrictions). Those sentenced to more than 540 days but less than four years will be released on HDC 135 days before their half way point.
There are some exceptions to the right to HDC but the vast majority of those sentenced will be eligible for it. The government's waffle paper about it is here:
https:/
A slightly easier to read version is here:
http://
As an aside, when it was first introduced, HDC was only available to those sentenced to four months or more. In true civil service style, the designers of the scheme did not do a few simple sums. Thus someone sentenced to twelve weeks would only be released after serving six (the half way stage). Whereas someone sentenced to sixteen weeks would be released after four weeks (half off automatically and another quarter off under HDC). There followed the ridiculous farce of advocates pleading for their clients to be subject to a longer prison sentence as they would actually be released earlier!
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