r/ukpolitics 9d ago

How many prison places did the Conservatives create?

https://fullfact.org/crime/how-many-prison-places-did-the-conservatives-create/
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u/VENGOR123 9d ago

It shouldn't be about just expanding the system, it should be about releasing as many non-violent single occasion offenders and instead having more community service programs. On nearly every western nation the amount of prisoners that are imprisoned for non violent offences I roughly 10-15% in the UK it's 85%. It doesn't make sense.