Inmate reoffending 'costs £10bn'

[Win2Win Racing]

Reoffending by thousands of criminals serving short sentences in England and Wales costs up to £10bn a year, says a report.

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[Win2Win]

Simple, make the sentences longer, the purpose of jail is to keep these folk off the streets, in fact you don't even have to make them longer, scrap the; you only do 1/3rd of the sentence if you're a good boy!!!

[TheOldhamWhisper]

Bring back hanging for second offences - cuts out the third offence onwards and may provide a deterrent!