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Angela Constance, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Almond Valley Constituency
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  • angela.constance.msp@parliament.scot

    Unit 4, Ochil House, Beveridge Square, Livingston, West Lothian, EH54 6QF

Prisoners Early Release Act 2025

Prisoners Early Release Act 2025

Published date : 23 April, 2025
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The Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Act 2025 allows most short-term prisoners to be released from prison after serving 40 per cent, instead of 50 per cent, of their sentence. A breach of prison rules does not form part of the exclusion or eligibility criteria for a person’s release from custody, as the process of using prison rules to amend a person’s liberation date ceased in 2001. To watch in full - https://www.scottishparliament.tv/mee...


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