And so the UK now has one of the highest incarceration rates in W.Europe.
Of course a reformed system (as the experience of other countries shows) is more expensive per-prisoner, but because fewer are locked up & recidivism rates are lower, actually are cheaper systems to run.
Although there will always be criminals who need to be locked up, too often we use prison as retribution & do not seek to deal with the problems the crimes reveal....
In the end for many prison just doesn't work!
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