Also unsurprising should be the harsh reality that when they leave prison they can't find jobs.
They include stronger sentences for terror-related offenses, new powers for police to monitor terrorists after they leave prison, asset freezing, and more sophisticated monitoring of suspects' financial transactions.
The halfway point of the fixed terms - at which point the men are eligible for release on licence - matches the minimum the men would have originally served before they could seek to leave prison.
Given the high reoffending rate, and the fact that many leave prison jobless, homeless, addicted and without family support or probation supervision, a community sentence that involves more positive handling of their offending and addiction must be a good thing.
Mr Farrow was not present in court, having refused to leave Long Lartin prison in Worcestershire where he is being held.
Farrow, 48, of no fixed address, was not present in court having refused to leave Long Lartin prison in Worcestershire where he is being held.
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At the time of this offence she was on home leave from Cornton Vale Prison in Stirlingshire.
Raymond Atkins, 39, has not been seen since Saturday after breaching the conditions of his temporary leave from Blantyre House Prison in Goudhurst.
Shahzad was arrested as he tried to leave the country and was sentenced to life in prison.
Shahzad is arrested as he tries to leave the country and is sentenced to life in prison.
"For the system to work, 100% of prisoners, 100% of the time, had to leave an electronic thumbprint when they went from one area of the prison to another and the system had to record this every time, " he said.
You can imagine how much my parents' request that I leave home wounded me, even though the College of Me said that life after prison wouldn't be easy and that I shouldn't fool myself into thinking otherwise.
Our house became a prison that I was desperate to, but couldn't bear, to leave.
"The prison should be able to get on with addressing some of what we find from the moment we leave, we hope, " he said.
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