When someone is released from prison, they can be recalled to custody for up to 28 days for minor breaches of their licence conditions in a practice known as 'fixed-term recall' (FTR).
Now a new report is highlighting the issues with FTR, and calls for its reform to help ease pressure on individuals, the system and society.
The new report Fixing Fixed Term Recall highlights how in 2023 alone, the system saw over 6,600 fixed term recalls to custody - enough to fill a prison for an entire year. FTRs have also doubled in the last two years.
But the report, led by not-for-profit organisation Catch22 and supported by the University of Plymouth, also showed that most of these recalls are not for reoffending, with people more commonly recalled for breaches such as non-compliance or missing appointments. These breaches, the paper says, were often exacerbated by broader resettlement needs not being met, such as stable housing or mental health support.
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