On the one hand this shows that the probation service are actually doing their job, on the other it’s a demonstration that these people were in prison for a good reason, just releasing them into society isn’t really a solution.
We need more prison capacity, but that will of course take time, so while this is a poorly thought out “solution” from the current government, it’s trying to solve a problem which was largely caused by the incompetence of the previous one.
Then the system is working, in the sense that the probation service are obviously actually paying attention to the people being released. Whether it actually helps the overcrowding is a different question, of course.
I don’t get why legalising weed, and decriminalising drug use isn’t being looked at. It would free up prison space, generate tax revenue and jobs, and give addicts a better chance of kicking it.
Hmmm… the problem is that we have too many criminals
I bet the telegraph have been watching like hawks since they got released, itching to get this story out.
So that’s a good thing. They were given a chance, fucked it and are straight back. That’s how the system works
Cool. They related actual criminals to make space for people to who make Facebook posts. Yeah the system sure is working SMH.
So we’re having to let out violent criminals to make space to lock up people for mean tweets, and then re-lock-up the violent ones, completely negating the make space part.
And theres people that are saying “legalize weed” instead of “stop locking up people for tweets”. How does ANY of this make any sense…
The ones that want 3 meals a day and warmth through the coming winter may well be the ones trying to get back in if they have no where to go or live. Elderly stuck in hospital beds is a similar situation.
When a prisoner is released from prison, they get £82.39 in cash and some travel tickets.
What are they supposed to do? Genuinely? It’s near on impossible for people to get employment after leaving prison. They are given barely anything and told to get on with it. Of course they reoffend.
As disingenuous as I believe most of these news articles are being, only reporting on recidivism rates now that the government has been forced to release people early instead of reporting on the issue of not building prisons and gutting the probation service years ago, I’m glad this issue is finally being spoken about and hopefully will be adequately addressed.
I do still find it strange that the lack of prisons being built during the last 14 years was not newsworthy until it became the problem of a Labour government
Good old Torygraph, wording it to sound like most of the 1,750 are already back in jail.
Pretty sure that’s going to happen with some whenever they are released. And let’s not forget this is a change from 50% of sentence served to 40% n9t 100% to 40.
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On the one hand this shows that the probation service are actually doing their job, on the other it’s a demonstration that these people were in prison for a good reason, just releasing them into society isn’t really a solution.
We need more prison capacity, but that will of course take time, so while this is a poorly thought out “solution” from the current government, it’s trying to solve a problem which was largely caused by the incompetence of the previous one.
Then the system is working, in the sense that the probation service are obviously actually paying attention to the people being released. Whether it actually helps the overcrowding is a different question, of course.
I don’t get why legalising weed, and decriminalising drug use isn’t being looked at. It would free up prison space, generate tax revenue and jobs, and give addicts a better chance of kicking it.
Hmmm… the problem is that we have too many criminals
I bet the telegraph have been watching like hawks since they got released, itching to get this story out.
So that’s a good thing. They were given a chance, fucked it and are straight back. That’s how the system works
Cool. They related actual criminals to make space for people to who make Facebook posts. Yeah the system sure is working SMH.
So we’re having to let out violent criminals to make space to lock up people for mean tweets, and then re-lock-up the violent ones, completely negating the make space part.
And theres people that are saying “legalize weed” instead of “stop locking up people for tweets”. How does ANY of this make any sense…
The ones that want 3 meals a day and warmth through the coming winter may well be the ones trying to get back in if they have no where to go or live. Elderly stuck in hospital beds is a similar situation.
When a prisoner is released from prison, they get £82.39 in cash and some travel tickets.
What are they supposed to do? Genuinely? It’s near on impossible for people to get employment after leaving prison. They are given barely anything and told to get on with it. Of course they reoffend.
As disingenuous as I believe most of these news articles are being, only reporting on recidivism rates now that the government has been forced to release people early instead of reporting on the issue of not building prisons and gutting the probation service years ago, I’m glad this issue is finally being spoken about and hopefully will be adequately addressed.
I do still find it strange that the lack of prisons being built during the last 14 years was not newsworthy until it became the problem of a Labour government
Good old Torygraph, wording it to sound like most of the 1,750 are already back in jail.
Pretty sure that’s going to happen with some whenever they are released. And let’s not forget this is a change from 50% of sentence served to 40% n9t 100% to 40.