Advantages and disadvantages of prisons

• Rehabilitation


  Allows prisoners to change and get help for things like their addictions
• Rehabilitation example


  • Ballinnie Prison recovery cafe
• Rehabilitation


  1. Education

  2. Prisoners can get qualifications

  3. Helping them to change their life when they step out of prison
• Rehabilitation example


  • In Scotland, Fife college provides education in public prisons
• Protection

  • Keeps public safe
  • Secures opportunities for anyone who has committed crime
• Since 2017, prison overcrowding has been an issue due to UK prisons being built in Victorian times
• Prison overcrowding example


  • Barlinale holds over 1000 prisoners despite being designed for 987 at maximum
• High reoffending rate leads to a revolving door of prisoners
• Reoffending rate example


  • In 2019, 28% of people who left prison were convicted within less than a year
• Lots of taxpayer money is used to keep 70 prisons running
• Cost of prisons example

  • £35,000 per prisoner per year