Petition · past parliament
Let prisoners already eligible for ROTL go home
Rejected
11 signatures
What the petition asks
Prisoners in D-cat (lowest risk) prisons have ROTL (release on temporary license) meaning that they already work in our communities and go home to see their families. Release them! They are already trusted anyway everyday in our communities so why keep them locked up??
With Covid-19 spreading like wildfire you would be releasing prisoners most trusted to go home when they already have the license to do this anyway. It means that there is less chance of inmates and prison officers dying from this terrible disease.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 5 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 May 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
11
Status
Rejected
Rejected
21 May 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.