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  the Home Office gaining access to all 580 places at the 
  Verne Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) by January 2015; 
  
  the impacts of the Offender Rehabilitation Act 20143 which achieved 
  Royal Assent on 13 March 2014 meaning offenders sentenced to 
  custodial sentences of less than 12 months will be released subject to 
  licence. There will also be a new post-sentence supervision period 
  following licence for offenders released from custodial sentences of 
  less than 2 years; 
  
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  the impacts of the Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) review 
  deciding that all offenders who have previously absconded will no 
  longer be allowed to return to the open estate or be released on 
  temporary licence except in exceptional circumstances. 