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New recall rules


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By punter99 - 15 May 25 10:51 AM

There is a bit of confusion over this. The statement about who will be excluded from the new 28 day fixed recall rule was rather vague.

"Some offenders will be excluded from this measure…  Including any offender who has been recalled for committing a serious further offence.   

We also exclude those who are subject to higher levels of risk management by multiple agencies, where the police, prisons and probation services work together. " 

In the media it has been reported that SO and domestic abusers will NOT be excluded.  In a TV interview, one minister said.

“No, it won’t apply to sexual offenders and domestic abusers. It won’t apply to the most dangerous criminals.”
Bu they had to be told that this was in fact wrong. Only terrorists and those at highest-risk of committing serious offences are exempt from Mahmood’s rule change. 

Reading the original statement again, it seems to refer to MAPPA, but there are multiple levels of MAPPA. All SO are under MAPPA but mostly at level one. There are two higher MAPPA levels as well, which could include terrorists (level 3) and some, but not all domestic abusers (level 2).

So we do not know if MAPPA level 1 are excluded or not.
By Evan Davis - 19 May 25 12:22 PM

Well well well, I'll be blown:


Excluded will be people sentenced to more than four years; people recalled for committing serious further offences; and high-risk violent or sexual offenders monitored under levels 2 and 3 of MAPPA (Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements). However, some people convicted of sexual offences or domestic violence stand to benefit from the scheme, unlike previous Government emergency early release schemes which excluded them.


This does in fact seem to be quite clear that, MAPPA Level 1 offenders who are not serving over four years and haven't committed a "serious further offence" will be eligible for only 28-day recalls.

This is a small, albeit very encouraging change of stance from Government that I welcome. For far too long there has been "branding" and "tarring" groups of people with convictions, that serves no real purpose, does not contribute to "public protection", and actively goes against stated policy of allowing people to rehabilitate and move forward in their lives.