prison service

• S. prisons have plenty of time with most prisoners to work with them to rehabilitate


  successful rehabilitation means less victims/less crime in the future
• S. keep public safe

  keep dangerous offenders away from the public
• S. rehabilitation learning programmes


  learning skills that can be used after release such as gaining education and work experience prepares to get a job and helps reduce reoffending rates
• W. recidivism rates suggest that prisons are not very effective in rehabilitation

  prisons are not achieving one of their fundamental aims and so they are not reducing crime in society
• W. self harm and suicide rates in prisons

  very high and increasing levels
• W. funding issues


  staff are outnumbered approximately 30:1 by prisoners.

  lack of funding towards education programmes= higher reoffending rates