Home Detention Curfew
Home Detention Curfew (HDCsex offences or violent crime, or to those 'liable to removal' from the UK. Prisoners are assessed for risk prior to being released under this scheme. Typically prisoners under HDC are required to remain in their designated home between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m., and fitted with an electronic monitoring tag to verify that they do not violate the terms of this curfew.
References
- ^ a b "Home Detention Curfew Scheme" (PDF). Home Office. 24 March 2014.
HM Prison Service guidance on foreign national offender cases where the HDC scheme may be applied
Further reading
- "Prison chiefs 'refusing early releases'". BBC News. 2002-02-18. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
- "Tagged prisoners 'commit 1,400 crimes'". BBC News. 2002-03-17. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
- "Home curfews to cut reoffending rate". The Times. London. 2004-12-04. Retrieved 2008-05-17.