Submitted by Rachel Holden on Monday 29th June 2020
Published on Wednesday 9th September 2020
Current status: Closed
Closed: Tuesday 9th March 2021
Signatures: 157
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Budget ~ Crime ~ Devastated ~ Devastating ~ Direct ~ Parliamentary ~ Prevent ~ Prison ~ Reform ~ trust
Re-direct £2.5bn prison fund into youth services
Please:
Take a long term view to prevent crime, rather than ineffectively 'treating' it through prisons.
By:
Re-directing the £2.5bn prison fund to youth services, which have seen a devastating 70% budget cut in the last decade (causing an increase in youth crime).
Areas with the biggest youth service budget cuts have seen the sharpest increase in knife crime.
Fewer than 1 in 10 people think having more people in prison is the most effective way to deal with crime
48% of adults re-offend within 1yr of release
Offenders with 50+ previous offences are 36% more likely to re-offend when a short prison sentence is used vs community sentence
Prison population increased 69% in last 30yrs
Source: Prison Reform Trust, All-Party Parliamentary Group
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