HDC is a sentencing scheme that allows many prisoners to be released from prison on a tag very early. 

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Criminals sentenced to prison for between 3 months and up to 4 years are automatically released halfway through their sentence but this can be further substantially lowered by the HDC eligibility. 

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36% of all eligible prisoners were sent home on a tag before serving half of their sentence behind bars.

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48% of those sentenced to 2 - 4 years in prison were given this 'early-early' release with 59% of women and 48% of men.

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We disagree that offenders already serving only half of the sentence awarded to them by the Courts should be eligible for hefty sentence reductions on top of the automatic release. 

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See further explanation of the scheme and calculation of the prison sentences in our briefing.

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