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| One in five jailed rioters let out of prison early | One in five jailed rioters let out of prison early |
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| Around one in five rioters jailed after last year's summer rampages have been tagged and let out of prison early. | Around one in five rioters jailed after last year's summer rampages have been tagged and let out of prison early. |
| Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show nearly 243 convicts were released under home detention curfews before serving half their jail sentences. | Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show nearly 243 convicts were released under home detention curfews before serving half their jail sentences. |
| Of the 1,292 people given prison sentences by the end of 30 June this year two convicted robbers, 162 burglars, 44 thieves and 26 violent offenders were released early along with nine jailed for other offences. | |
| A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: "Home detention curfew (HDC) is available to low-risk prisoners serving sentences of more than three months and less than four years, who are deemed appropriate. | A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: "Home detention curfew (HDC) is available to low-risk prisoners serving sentences of more than three months and less than four years, who are deemed appropriate. |
| "To be placed on HDC, a prisoner must have served a quarter of their sentence. | "To be placed on HDC, a prisoner must have served a quarter of their sentence. |
| "If a prison governor thinks there is a significant risk to the public, or risk of reoffending on HDC, then the release will not be granted." | |
| The figures collated by the Daily Mail emerged a month after Britain's most senior prosecutor questioned whether heavy sentences given to the rioters worked as an effective deterrence. | The figures collated by the Daily Mail emerged a month after Britain's most senior prosecutor questioned whether heavy sentences given to the rioters worked as an effective deterrence. |
| Keir Starmer QC, the director of public prosecutions, said the speed with which rioters and looters were brought before the courts was far more powerful in preventing reoffending than the severity of sentences. | |
| The joint Guardian and London School of Economics project Reading the Riots found most prosecutors – in contrast to Starmer – fully endorsed the sentencing approach by judges that saw rioters receive an average sentence of 16.8 months, making the penalties four-and-a-half times longer than the average jail term for similar offences in 2010. Most defence lawyers objected strongly to the sentences given. | The joint Guardian and London School of Economics project Reading the Riots found most prosecutors – in contrast to Starmer – fully endorsed the sentencing approach by judges that saw rioters receive an average sentence of 16.8 months, making the penalties four-and-a-half times longer than the average jail term for similar offences in 2010. Most defence lawyers objected strongly to the sentences given. |
| Senior figures ranging from court of appeal judges to David Cameron have strongly endorsed the tough message conveyed by handing down significantly longer sentences to rioters than they would have received for similar offences committed at other times. | Senior figures ranging from court of appeal judges to David Cameron have strongly endorsed the tough message conveyed by handing down significantly longer sentences to rioters than they would have received for similar offences committed at other times. |