Member

If we take the example of the victim I described earlier, under these amendments, rather than the perpetrator being released automatically after 56 days, instead, a holistic risk assessment process would first be completed, perhaps unearthing that the perpetrator had been trying to contact the victim from inside prison—which happens quite frequently. Deemed unsafe to release, the perpetrator would be held in custody, ideally with provisions put in place to disrupt their offending behaviour through a behaviour change programme delivered in prison. When the perpetrator is released, this would be done with a much higher degree of certainty that their risk to their victim has demonstrably reduced.