determinate

Prisoners on standard determinate sentences - a fixed-length prison term - could move to the post-custody stage after serving one-third of their sentence providing they behave well.

Scotland's prisons currently house 2,037 prisoners serving determinate sentences of four to 10 years, and 465 on sentences of 10 years or more.

We are every single day in this country releasing people through determinate sentencing.

From Tuesday, prisoners on “standard determinate sentences” will be automatically released after they have served 40% of their sentence.

Jones was given an extended determinate sentence, where an offender receives a fixed jail term and an extended period on licence after their release.