U.K. PRISONS

[hackey lad]

2 hours ago, peak4 said:

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?

My heart bleeds for these people 

[geared]

There was another drug users released yesterday, his Father said he'd be staying the night but not much longer as they didn't want him there. 

 

I get the feeling these kind of people have worn out their welcome pretty much everywhere, to the point even close family don't want them around.

[Mister M]

6 hours ago, alchresearch said:

It gets even worse.

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

 

 

 

Can I ask alchresearch, was there much fury when the Tories were having to release prisoners early because they hadn't built enough places to incarcerate them?

 

[sheffbag]

Freed prisoner commits sexual assault

didn’t take long

[peak4]

One from Anna Soubry today; I can't link to the original Times article as it's behind a paywall
https://x.com/Anna_Soubry/status/1835207115398328702

Anna Soubry 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇦🇪🇺🖤🤍 @Anna_Soubry
Note to #Conservatives
Stop lying about the prisoner release scheme. 
Todays #SundayTimes makes clear Labour are implementing the last Govts plan which #Sunak refused, despite the pleas from his SoS for Justice Alex Chalk
#Labour improved the Cons plan by excluding DV offenders
 

 

 

[crookesey]

More Riots on the cards, more prison cells required so let the real criminals out in order to make room for the nobheads, well done Labour. 

[cressida]

On 11/09/2024 at 16:40, geared said:

There was another drug users released yesterday, his Father said he'd be staying the night but not much longer as they didn't want him there. 

 

I get the feeling these kind of people have worn out their welcome pretty much everywhere, to the point even close family don't want them around.

There may be some who want to get back into prison,  nice and cosy,  roof over their heads,  Xmas coming up hot dinners.

[Resident]

On 11/09/2024 at 16:40, geared said:

There was another drug users released yesterday, his Father said he'd be staying the night but not much longer as they didn't want him there. 

 

I get the feeling these kind of people have worn out their welcome pretty much everywhere, to the point even close family don't want them around.

Starting to let the violent criminals out early now too. 
 

 

[Mister M]

On 15/09/2024 at 13:03, crookesey said:

More Riots on the cards, more prison cells required so let the real criminals out in order to make room for the nobheads, well done Labour. 

I'm a little unclear - occupancy on the prison estate was already running dangerously high prior to Covid. 

Successive ministers were warned about this over several years, but elected to do nothing. 

This meant that the criminal justice system was at risk of grinding to a halt. Should rioters have got the message that the government could do nothing as the prisons were full and there was a backlog in the court system unable to hold trials, what signal does that send out?

[Mister M]

21 hours ago, cressida said:

There may be some who want to get back into prison,  nice and cosy,  roof over their heads,  Xmas coming up hot dinners.

I doubt it.

Most prisons sound like hell holes to me. Unless the person concerned is a masochist.