Can Labour Fix the UK's Prisons Crisis?

80% reoffending rates prove that the current system has failed.

Tories didn't just fail spectacularly, recent documents suggest it might have failed criminally

80% reoffending rates tells you everything

Worked in the prison for 3 weeks at hmp Lowdham Grange. Quit on the spot after witnessing some horrifying things. The training for new PCOs (fancy name for prison guard) is crap. The jail I worked in had a massive staffing problem which meant there were 60 new members of staff joining at the same time. There were points where I was on a wing with staff who’d been there as long as I’d been. We didn’t know what we were doing, we didn’t have any support, and I’ve kept in touch with some of my old colleagues and at least 2/3 of the trainees who started the same time I did have quit within the first 3 months. The prison system is so so seriously screwed

The highest tax burden in 50 years and it feels like every public service is understaffed and underfunded. Where is the money going???

Germany, for comparrison has a reimprsion rate of 36% (Reoffending 48%) (Don't know the numbers for other european countries, but I think they will be similar.) 80% is just a complete failiure.

need you guys to talk about what happened in Harehills, Leeds yesterday.

It's a little known fact that the US judicial system's insistence on "presumed innocent until proven guilty" originated as a protest against the pervasive opinion of the UK judicial system where (at least at the time, but also a bit now) often the court assumes you are guilty solely based on the fact that you were charged and you have to prove your innocence - something that is often hard to do against the built-in bias.

Because the Tories failed spectacularly.

Oh great, the bots are invading

As another note, as of s couple weeks ago most people half way through their probation period have just been told that their sentence will be cut by a 1/3 meaning they will only serve 2/3 of their probation sentence

We are fucked

Leading to unchecked criminality... so a normal day in Parliament.

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Thanks for this excellent update.

Well prison sentences for protesting wont help.

Britain is falling apart. They are poor, have no job, business not making much profit.

80% reoffending rate is crazy.

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