U.K. PRISONS

[Magilla]

21 hours ago, alchresearch said:

Cost
Building new prisons is extremely expensive, with each new cell costing at least £630,000.

 

Just imagine having no Liz Truss episode,  we could have had 47,000 new cells even at those rates! 🙄

 

🤦‍♂️

[alchresearch]

It gets even worse.

Looking forward to see how Starmer's luvvies on here spin this.

 

 

 

[Baz1]

9 minutes ago, alchresearch said:

It gets even worse.

Looking forward to see how Starmer's luvvies on here spin this.

 

 

 

Doubt we'll see right wing British thugs attacking these hotels then- most will probably have relatives in there! 😆 

[cressida]

Blundering again.

[peak4]

23 minutes ago, alchresearch said:

It gets even worse.

Looking forward to see how Starmer's luvvies on here spin this.

 

I'm no Starmer luvvie by any means, however I do try to view things from a sense of reality.
One of the biggest drivers for prisoner re-offending is homelessness on release, coupled with a lack of support network. [Big Issue link]
This partly addresses the former, though the latter is still a serious issue, particularly considering the austerity measures and previous privatisation of the probation service.

Don't forget that this 40% release scheme was planned by the previous government, but shelved as it was thought to be unpopular, despite its necessity due to the shortage of prison spaces, highlighted and exacerbated under the previous Tory government.
Sunak knew it was needed, as did previous PMs; why not put it off until after the election so it could be used to attack the next administration and the gullible public might fall for it, aided by client right wing press.

Why are prisons overcrowded? Howard League
Explaining the problems in the prison system, how they arose, and how we might solve them.

There were already warnings in place that any major outbreak of public disturbance would put the whole criminal justice system at risk; the rioters kindly obliged , after a bit of prodding and organisation from UK & offshore agitators.

Inside the far-right disinformation networks that fuelled the UK riots Hyphen

Sunak government freed more than 10,000 prisoners up to 70 days early Guardian July 2024, but plenty of other sources.
New justice secretary preparing to announce further emergency measures to ease overcrowding crisis in jails

Most prisoners serve 50% of their sentence in jail, with the remaining 50% served on licence and under threat of being returned to prison if they break their parole conditions.

Alex Chalk, the previous justice secretary, has confirmed that he also prepared plans to release some prisoners after 40% of their sentence and to send fewer people to jail in the first place but these were shelved over fears of a lack of support in parliament.

[cressida]

Lack of support when they come out is a huge problem,  what does The Big Issue do for them or can do?

[crookesey]

1 hour ago, Baz1 said:

Doubt we'll see right wing British thugs attacking these hotels then- most will probably have relatives in there! 😆 

You’ve solved it, all hotels to house a couple of ex prisoners, less security costs, lower insurance premiums, better customer rates, you’re a genius Baz 1. 👍

 

[echo beach]

27 minutes ago, cressida said:

Lack of support when they come out is a huge problem,  what does The Big Issue do for them or can do?

It could become the Big Toilet Tissue.

My grandparents had torn up newspapers in their toilet at the end of their garden.

You ended up with coloured posterior if it was the Green Un!😁

 

echo.

[Magilla]

2 hours ago, Baz1 said:

Doubt we'll see right wing British thugs attacking these hotels then- most will probably have relatives in there! 😆 

 

Also, I'll wager is significantly cheaper.

[peak4]

1 hour ago, cressida said:

Lack of support when they come out is a huge problem,  what does The Big Issue do for them or can do?

With lack of funding, little other than offering an opportunity for vendors, and campaigning for changes in legislation, such as this one ;
From prison cell to homeless, how a new law will give former convicts a better chance at turning their lives around

With the clock ticking until the weekend, former convicts can go from their prison cell to sleeping on the street.

A newly passed law will will give them more time to find a place to stay

When Jay Harrison* was released from prison it was a Friday morning. But he had nowhere to go. 

“I was homeless on my release and they just said ‘off you go’,” he told The Big Issue. 

Council services that provide support for people at risk of homelessness are rarely open in the evening or at weekends.

So that first night on the outside he stayed with a friend. After that it was an uncle, then his nan. For weeks he was staying “here, there and everywhere”. 

Around a third of prisoners are released on a Friday, but they are statistically more likely to reoffend than those released on any other day of the week.

This is because charities and council services that offer housing, drug rehabilitation and mental health support often close for the weekend, leaving former inmates in the lurch.

Former prisoners who are able to get safe accommodation are around 50 per cent less likely to reoffend.

a new law means no more former convicts will spend their first day on the outside with just hours to find somewhere safe to sleep before the weekend.

New legislation, brought to parliament by Tory MP Simon Fell and backed by Big Issue founder and crossbench peer Lord Bird, will bring forward prison release dates by up to two days if it falls on a Friday or the day before a bank or public holiday.

 

Yet on various forums & social media etc, we still have complaints about HMG trying to address this by providing accommodation, and suggesting that those who seek to help are only fit for the toilet.
It it really any wonder that UK re-offending rates are so high compared to many other countries?