David Howarth says reoffending figures show that billions are wasted creating more crime
“Prison clearly isn’t working to reduce reoffending and yet all Labour and the Tories offer are threats to lock up more people,” said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Justice Secretary.
Commenting on Ministry of Justice figures showing nearly half all criminals released from prison go on to commit further offences, David Howarth said:
“Prison clearly isn’t working to reduce reoffending and yet all Labour and the Tories offer are threats to lock up more people.
“We’re throwing billions of pounds at something that is creating future crime.
“We can cut crime if we start reducing the prison population by having a presumption against short sentences which don’t work and moving drug addicts and the mentally ill into more appropriate accomodation.”
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