This document intends to inform you about the type of release dates in prison, and those produced by the Calculate Release Dates service
The date from which a person with an eligible determinate sentence could be released on Home Detention and Curfew. This is also known as release on a Tag
or Electronic Monitoring
.
Automatic release date is the date the person with a determinate prison sentence will leave prison. They will leave without being subject to licence conditions.
Conditional release date is the date the person with a determinate prison sentence will leave prison. They will leave being subject to licence conditions, and will therefore receive a Sentence Expiry Date and a Licence Expiry Date.
The licence expiry date is the date that the conditions expressed in the licence no longer apply to the person serving a prison sentence.
The sentence expiry date is the date on which the sentence is no longer in force.
Post Sentence Supervision was introduced by the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 and has the effect of increasing the combined period on supervision post-release for individuals, to 12 months post release, when subject to a determinate custodial sentence of more than one day but less than 24 months.
Post Sentence Supervision (PSS) starts once the LED has been reached, it is managed by Probation and runs up until the Top-Up Supervision Expiry Date (TUSED/PSSED)
The parole eligibility date (PED) is the date from which a person with a sentence requiring parole would be eligible to be released based on a determination by the parole board. A person serving a determinate sentence (not a life sentence or IPP) can apply for parole up to six months before their Parole Eligibility Date (PED).
Post-Recall Release Date (PRRD) is the release date following a prisoner being recalled from licence.
The Early Removal Scheme is the date where any foreign national serving a fixed sentence who is liable for removal from the UK to be removed from prison and deported up to 12 months before the earliest release point (usually the halfway point) of their sentence is eligible for removal.
A potential release point halfway point of the Detention and Training Order single term (automatic release date)
A potential release point:
- One month before the Mid-Transfer Date (MTD) for Detention and Training Order (DTO) / single terms of 8 months but less than 18 months
- Two months before Mid-Transfer Date (MTD) for Detention and Training Order (DTO) / single terms of 18 months to 2 years
A potential release point:
- One month after the Mid-Transfer Date (MTD) for Detention and Training Order (DTO) / single terms of 8 months but less than 18 months
- Two months after the Mid-Transfer Date (MTD) for Detention and Training Order (DTO) / single terms of 18 months to 2 years
Types of release date that need scheduling and approval. All approved dates are user input and not calculated dates.
Approved Parole Date is the date agreed by the Parole Board a person with the relevant sentence should be released.
The date from which a person leave the prison on Home Detention and Curfew. This is also known as release on a Tag
or Electronic Monitoring
.
The Actual Release Date is an attempt to determine the date a person is likely to leave prison - other than on temporary licence (ROTL). It uses
The algorithm is defined roughly as follows:
if 'confirmed release date exists'
releaseDate = ConfirmedReleaseDate
else if 'Approved Parole Date exists'
releaseDate = ApprovedParoleDate
else if 'Home Detention Curfew Approved Date' exists
releaseDate = HDCApprovedDate
else if 'there is no mid term date'
releaseDate = 'non dto release date'
else if 'there is no non-dto-release-date'
releaseDate = midTermDate
else if 'midterm date is after non-dto-release-date'
releaseDate = midTermDate
else
releaseDate = 'non do release date'
The underlying code is implemented as this actual release date algorithm
The confirmed release date is entered into the release schedule and is usually entered at the point of calculation to enable NART reports to run correctly. The confirmed release date is usually updated on the 14 or 2-day check to record a weekend release (if CRD was over the weekend, then the Confirmed Release Date would be set to Fri) or an early release such as HDC, and the release reason would also be set, e.g. HDC conditional release.