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Short custodial disposals from court and the prison population

Published: 12 December 2024
From: Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs
Directorate: Safer Communities Directorate
Topic: Law and order

This paper investigates the relationship between custodial sentences of 12 months or less issued by courts and the number of people in prison serving sentences of 12 months or less.

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The aim of this paper is to explore available data sources to investigate how the number of sentences of less than 12 months issued by courts relates to the number of people in prison serving sentences of less than 12 months. This comparison will help illustrate the complexity of the cohort of people receiving custodial sentences of <= 12 months from court.

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