evidence: The news comes after this newspaper revealed that almost half of all people released from custody here reoffend within one report. A report by Stormont’s Department of Justice monitored more than 15,000 offenders here who received either a non-custodial disposal at court, a diversionary disposal or who were released from custody during 2020/21. While 18.8% of those included in the study reoffended within 12 months, when you look at just those who were released from custody, this reoffending rate is 49.1%.