In relation to Thursday releases, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, Angela Constance MSP, argued that the provisions in the Bill were necessary to mitigate the shift of Friday releases to Thursdays.
Section 7
Section 7 of the Bill as introduced sought to replace the possibility of release on home detention curfew (HDC) for long-term prisoners with a new system of temporary release under what the Bill's policy memorandum referred to as a 'reintegration licence'.