Sentence examples for custody tariffs from inspiring English sources
However, probation staff do not work with everybody leaving prison and those with short-term custody tariffs are unlikely to receive a probation service at all.
Lloyd obtained figures on those in custody who were ordered to serve short minimum tariffs.
The judge must then set a tariff as to minimum length to be served in custody.
Before returning to the UK in 2001 he had served just 15 months of his 30-year sentence, although, in June when arguing for his client's release, Biggs' lawyer Giovanni di Stefano said that including time spent in custody in Bahamas and Brazil he had served more than a third of his tariff, which made him eligible for parole.
However, hundreds of inmates found themselves locked up for years beyond the end of their tariff after finding it hard to access rehabilitation courses in custody in order to demonstrate they no longer posed a risk.
However, 3,300 IPP prisoners remain in custody, 51% of whom are more than five years over the end of their tariff.
The trial judge recommended a minimum tariff or term of eight years, saying the two should be kept in custody for "very, very many years to come".
Kurti was given a minimum tariff of 12 years, but will have to serve another 11 years and four months before he can be considered for parole due to time spent in custody awaiting trial.
