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Related: The Dutch prison crisis: A shortage of prisoners http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37904263 http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37904263 > If somebody has
by rand005 10y ago
Related: The Dutch prison crisis: A shortage of prisoners http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37904263 http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37904263
> If somebody has a drug problem we treat their addiction, if they are aggressive we provide anger management, if they have got money problems we give them debt counselling. So we try to remove whatever it was that caused the crime. The inmate himself or herself must be willing to change but our method has been very effective. Over the last 10 years, our work has improved more and more.
> Fewer than 10% then return to prison after their release. In England and Wales, and in the United States, roughly half of those serving short sentences reoffend within two years, and the figure is often higher for young adults.