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SafeLives data indicates that victims experience, on average, three years of abuse before they access support. They begin to rebuild their life, and then their perpetrator is released from prison. The perpetrator begins to harass the victim over the phone, constantly calling and texting them and threatening to turn up at their house, and in light of this escalating risk, the perpetrator’s probation officer decides to recall them to prison. But after 56 days, the perpetrator is released, and the next day turns up at the victim’s front door, threatening violence against them. The perpetrator’s probation officer once again recalls them to prison, a mere 24 hours after their original release, and after 56 days they are once again released and once again turn up at the victim’s house—but this time they make their way inside.