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Jack Straw's move to reduce reoffender rates
12:47pm Friday 19th March 2010 in
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A SCHEME which is aimed at reducing reoffending rates for short-term prisoners in Britain’s jails has been launched by the Justice Secretary Jack Straw.
The six-year Social Impact Bond pilot scheme will begin in the summer .It will see around 3,000 short-term prisoners, serving less than 12 months, receiving ‘intensive interventions’ both in prison and in the community.
Jack Straw, Blackburn MP, said: “Reducing reoffending is one of the Government's highest priorities.
“Between 2000 and 2008, the frequency of adult reoffending fell by 15.9 per cent.
“But we are always looking at new ways of further reducing reoffending that provides value to the taxpayer.”
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retired one
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4:11pm Fri 19 Mar 10
Prison should be prison and not a holiday camp with all mod-cons, access to Facebook, all the drugs they need etc. etc.
If they took all this away from them they would probably think twice about re-offending.
ste.g
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6:22pm Fri 19 Mar 10
retired one wrote:spot on retired one.and the sooner they realise this the better.and im sure jack would get a hell of a lot more votes in the process.
The only way to stop re-offending is to give them tough justice.
Prison should be prison and not a holiday camp with all mod-cons, access to Facebook, all the drugs they need etc. etc.
If they took all this away from them they would probably think twice about re-offending.
Hopping mad
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6:29pm Fri 19 Mar 10
happycyclist
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6:55pm Fri 19 Mar 10
Four yobs given ASBOs after having totted up 540 offences in a year.
Jack Straw says "Reducing re-offending is one of the Government's highest priorities"
I suppose we should be grateful is isn't low down on the priority list.
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time.team says...
1:12pm Fri 19 Mar 10
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Jack, it always has been YOUR highest priority. That’s the reason it has never worked. Just give them an ASBO and have done with it!
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Election time soon Jack. Better start covering your failings?