This includes the Prisoners (Early Release) Scotland Act 2025 which changed the automatic early release point for most short term prisoners from 50% point of their sentence to 40% (with exclusions for those serving sentences for domestic abuse/sexual offences) and regulations to widen the use of home detention curfew.The Scottish Prison Service is maximising the use of space available within its estate supported by a 10% increase their resource budget, bringing this to £481.5 million in 2025-26.