The other day I discovered that certain curfews count towards a persons sentence. Apparently this has been around since 2020, yet we hardly ever hear about it. There is nothing on Unlock, that I can see.

Has this become more common recently? It seems to be bail curfews that are involved, rather than HDC, which is for those released early from prison.

I wonder if this is being encouraged by the govt as a way of reducing the prison population. It would certainly help and given the long time that people have to wait to come to court, maybe they should allow people to apply for a bail curfew voluntarily?

https://www.brettwilson.co.uk/blog/non-qualifying-curfews-and-credit-against-sentences-of-imprisonment/