http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/11/16/npris16.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/11/16/ixhome.html
Philip Johnston
"The early release of prisoners through tagging or automatic parole risks undermining public confidence in the criminal justice system, a report says today.
An independent inquiry into sentencing policy says that there should be far fewer people sent to jail, but those who are should normally serve the term handed down.
Lord Coulsfield
At present, most prisoners are released at the half-way stage and, under the home detention curfew scheme, can be allowed out of jail 135 days earlier than that. As a result, someone sentenced to three years in jail could be out in just over a year."
