A Bill to make provision about the sentencing, release and management after sentencing of offenders; to make provision about bail; to make provision about the removal from the United Kingdom of foreign criminals; and for connected purposes.
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1. This Bill makes sentencing reforms in line with the recommendations made by the Independent Sentencing Review (ISR) in May 2025. The ISR’s recommendations are publicly available at: Independent Sentencing Review: Final report - GOV.UK .
2. Clause 1 introduces a presumption to suspend short custodial sentences of 12 months or less, unless an offender has breached an order of the court, or where there is a significant risk of harm to an individual, or in exceptional circumstances which would not justify passing a suspended sentence.
3. Schedule 1 makes amendments consequential on the new pr…