Reoffending warning on short prison sentences
A union today urged the Government to invest in "intensive" community orders as a way of saving money and cutting re-offending.
Napo, the probation union, said at least 74% of prisoners serving terms of less than 12 months were reconvicted within two years.
But this figure drops to 50% for those placed on probation, and falls further to 34% for those handed intensive programmes, Napo said.
The union said around 55,000 people a year currently receive jail terms of six months or less, with no possibility of rehabilitation, at an annual cost of £350 million.
But the price to the taxpayer would be between £50 million and £60 million to supervise the offenders in the community, the union said.
Instead of cutting probation budgets, the union said the Government should spend the additional £50 million to £60 million on up to 1,250 extra probation staff to supervise programmes for offenders.
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