{"id":242879,"date":"2025-05-11T18:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T17:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/guns-gangs-second-chances-life-after-lockup\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T18:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T17:05:03","slug":"guns-gangs-second-chances-life-after-lockup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/guns-gangs-second-chances-life-after-lockup\/","title":{"rendered":"Guns, gangs &amp; second chances: Life after lockup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/_AJNgCETNQo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Guns, gangs &amp; second chances: Life after lockup\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_AJNgCETNQo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>&quot;You go to prison to be rehabilitated, to be put back into society, to be a contributing member. You don&#8217;t go to prison to meet other prisoners to come out a worse criminal, because that&#8217;s all that happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prisons across England and Wales are in crisis. Overcrowded, understaffed and underfunded. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>A new inspection report shows that the HM Prison and Probation Service has made \u201climited progress\u201d towards its rehabilitation strategy, whilst the latest government data reveals that the reoffending rate has risen to nearly 60% for those serving short sentences.<\/p>\n<p>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 &#8211; and helping others along the way. <\/p>\n<p>Warning: some distressing content<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;You go to prison to be rehabilitated, to be put back into society, to be a contributing member. You don&#8217;t go to prison to meet other prisoners to come out a worse criminal, because that&#8217;s all that happens.\u201d Prisons across England and Wales are in crisis. Overcrowded, understaffed and underfunded. 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