Custodial Sentences Flashcards
(5 cards)
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Recidivism (UK)
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- Reconviction rate for offenders released from custody in 2020-21 was 39.4%
- 63% of those given a custodial sentence of less than a year reoffending within 12 months.
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Recidivism (International)
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- Norway’s justice system focuses on non-custodial sentences, those done in prison focus on rehabilitation and reintegration, resulting in Norway’s low recidivism rate, with only 20% of Norway’s former prison population committing another crime within two years of release, and only 25% within five years .
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Drugs (UK)
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- Karyn McClusky “prevalence of drugs in the system means people going in for minor problems are leaving with addiction”, huge factor for crime, with over half of all homicides in 2022 believed to be drug related
- Approx. 1/3 prisoners admit that it is easy to get drugs in prison;
- Report by the Centre for Social Justice, found of those prisoners who have used heroin, 1/5 reported first trying it in prison
4
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Drugs (International)
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- A study conducted in Spain reported that 59.9% of male inmates had used psychoactive substances within the past 6 months of their imprisonment
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Positive Action from Prison (UK)
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- The charity ‘Clink’ (English & Welsh prisons) which offers training and qualifications in catering and horticulture & offers support with securing accommodation upon release. Prisoners who work with Clink are 49.6% less likely to reoffend upon release.
