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Depending on the length of your sentence you may spend all your time at a local prison, but if your sentence is for a longer duration over 4 years you may be sent to Dispersal Prison where you will serve your sentence.

All prisoners are given a category which sets out how the prison system will handle you. At the most serious end for male prisoners are Category A prisoners. Category A prisoners are further segregated into Standard Risk, High Risk, and Exceptional Risk, based on their likelihood of escaping. If you are serving a determinate sentence or extended sentence of 4 years or more you should have a review every 12 months until you are in the last 2 years of your sentence, when you should have 6 monthly reviews.

You may also have your security category reviewed whenever there has been a significant change in your circumstances or there is behaviour that impacts on the level of security required, whether negative or positive. If you are serving an indeterminate sentence you should have Sentence Planning and Review meetings at least every 12 months.

Your security category should be considered at each meeting. Can I appeal if I am not happy with the result after a review of my categorisation? You can appeal the decision using the prison complaints system. A review should be done by someone senior to the person who made the original decision. The prison should give you a written copy of the categorisation decision and the reasons for the decision, make sure you have this so that you can write your appeal using that information.

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