4 hours ago, SteveK said:

I heard somewhere that the re-offending rate after being released from prison in the UK is about 40%. To be quite frank I'm amazed it's that low. If you've been in prison a few years, you probably won't have a lot of money, they only give you £46 to last until you can start getting benefits - I guess they assume that you either own your own house or have somewhere you can stay (because you won't be staying in a hotel on that!). For everyone else it's going to be a park bench and thieving to survive.

 

It's hard enough to find a job and somewhere to live in the UK even with a degree and no criminal record. It must be almost impossible once branded an ex-convict, doesn't bear thinking about. Sensible option I suppose would be to try and get to Norway, I hear that their prisons are very nice indeed.

Holland also can have Porn channels on your TV and get a Kebab's sent in

4 hours ago, SteveK said:

I heard somewhere that the re-offending rate after being released from prison in the UK is about 40%. To be quite frank I'm amazed it's that low. If you've been in prison a few years, you probably won't have a lot of money, they only give you £46 to last until you can start getting benefits - I guess they assume that you either own your own house or have somewhere you can stay (because you won't be staying in a hotel on that!). For everyone else it's going to be a park bench and thieving to survive.

 

It's hard enough to find a job and somewhere to live in the UK even with a degree and no criminal record. It must be almost impossible once branded an ex-convict, doesn't bear thinking about. Sensible option I suppose would be to try and get to Norway, I hear that their prisons are very nice indeed.

Sep 27, 2018 - In terms of offending history, 60.1% of the 21,982 had committed previous offences, ranging from one to 583 distinct offences, (adults 61.9%, youths 36.9%). Overall, 12.2% of females and 20.0% of males had reoffended (adult females 11.5% and adult males 19.1%, youth females 19.6% and youth males 32.4%).

On 9/27/2019 at 8:58 PM, ylmiri said:

Couldn't the government have a special program for people like that, just keep him in prison but give him work to earn some money. If he could make something for sale then get him to work in prison and he could stay as long as he likes. Is it illegal to do that? The International Human Rights come breathing down your neck? They will complain it's slave labour? Well, the prisoners willing to sign an agreement.

Can you imagine you send him back on the street with no money what do you expect him to do? It's just simply pathetic.

If you really think about it, it is the best one can do for people like that, it's a win win situation isn't it? Prisoners are happy and the world outside is free from nuisance. Can anything be better?

Sometimes I think government civil servants aren't doing their job, they are sitting on their brains because their brains are located at the bottom where they sit on it.

I think I saw something on TV years ago where there was a prison in India where the prisoners would be let out during the day and return at night

12 hours ago, Fred white said:

I think I saw something on TV years ago where there was a prison in India where the prisoners would be let out during the day and return at night

They have that in many Countries, the UK included

10 hours ago, Fred white said:

I think I saw something on TV years ago where there was a prison in India where the prisoners would be let out during the day and return at night

They have in the UK its designed  to integrate them back into society whether it works I dont know 

On 9/27/2019 at 3:06 PM, Andrew65 said:

I saw a UK documentary a few years ago where the guy said a similar thing:

 

"I get 3 meals a day, a bed and shelter, plus I've got lots of mates here".

 

Within 5 hours of him being released he was arrested again. This time they sent him to Norwich prison instead of Pentonville, where all his mates were.

AHHHH Bless !

The problems starts at childhood lock the parents up for a spell and send the children to Disney land for a spell ey !

On 9/27/2019 at 9:43 AM, webfact said:

He reportedly said prison life for him was not as hard as living outside. He said he had friends, food and accommodation behind the confined walls.

who can blame him?