Facts on Tap
Hazy Logic
The government has pledged an extra £4 billion for use between 2020-2024 to deliver 18,000 additional prison places a...
Time Better Spent
A third of prisoners spend at least 22 hours a day locked in their cells[1]. Unsurprisingly, reoffending rates are ...
Cell Count
At £42k/year[1], a prison place costs about 10 times more than a community sentence of the same length[2], and come...
False Economy
Prisoners get £76* for the journey after prison[1], and for those without homes, often just a tent[2]. Without the n...
Jobsworth
Half of all employers wouldn't hire someone with a criminal record[1]. The unemployment, low self-esteem and financ...
Inside Out
The route out of prison is an obstacle course[1]: release means rebuilding family relationships, finding jobs, secu...