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Standard Determinate Sentence (SDS40) release data

Detailed statistics on offenders released under Standard Determinate Sentence 40 (SDS40).

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From:
Ministry of Justice and HM Prison and Probation Service
Published:
24 April 2025
Last updated:
30 July 2026
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  1. Standard Determinate Sentence (SDS40) release data: update to March 2026

  2. Standard Determinate Sentence (SDS40) release data: September 2025 to September 2025

  3. Added a new publication - Standard Determinate Sentence 40 (SDS40) : September 2024 to June 2025

  4. First published.

This transparency data publication presents the number of SDS40 releases at selected time points, broken down by prisoner demographics and sentence characteristics.

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