"You go to prison to be rehabilitated, to be put back into society, to be a contributing member. You don’t go to prison to meet other prisoners to come out a worse criminal, because that’s all that happens.”
Prisons across England and Wales are in crisis. Overcrowded, understaffed and underfunded.
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A new inspection report shows that the HM Prison and Probation Service has made “limited progress” towards its rehabilitation strategy, whilst the latest government data reveals that the reoffending rate has risen to nearly 60% for those serving short sentences.
Ex-offenders say the system is broken, but there is a way out. This is how they went from guns and gangs to getting a second chance – and helping others along the way.
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