Last night in jail for Archer

Archer will not be living with Lady Archer at the family home

Disgraced Conservative peer Jeffrey Archer faced his last night in prison on Sunday.

Lord Archer is due to leave Hollesley Bay open prison near Woodbridge, Suffolk, on Monday morning.

One of his first public engagements is for the Howard League for Penal Reform. He is booked to make a speech at its conference in September.

Mark Leech, founder of the ex-offenders' charity Unlock, said: "I would very much like to see him become a powerful voice for penal reform.

'Treated extremely favourably'

"He should ditch all the dogma and policies he gave credence to under the last Tory government now that he has seen prison from the inside."

Mr Leech, who served 14 years for armed robbery before becoming a respected campaigner and author, added: "Lord Archer has been treated extremely favourably.

"He was out of Belmarsh within three weeks, sent to a jail 20 minutes from his own front door when other inmates are hundreds of miles from home, he messed things up, was sent back to closed conditions for a few more weeks before going back to a cosy open jail.

"The Prison Service should be commended - I just wish they could do these things for the other 74,000 in jail today."

It emerged last week that Archer, 63, had asked probation officers to register his multi-million pound London flat as his home.

The move was unexpected because Lady Archer spends nearly all her time at their country home, the £1.5 million Old Vicarage at Grantchester, near Cambridge.

Archer is due to be released from Hollesley Bay on Monday

Archer is being released from Hollesley Bay open prison after serving two years and two days of a four-year sentence for perjury and perverting the course of justice.

He will need his probation officer's permission to spend the night away from his London penthouse flat - even if it is to visit his wife and sons in Grantchester.

The former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party will have to report to probation officers on a regular basis for a year.

He will not be allowed to travel abroad, except in exceptional circumstances.

Re-offending or doing anything which damages his re-integration into the community would see Archer sent back to jail.