Newburn (2012) said that in mid-2012 they were 139 prisons and about 87,000 prisoners in both England and Wales. Reducing reoffending in the society costs the criminal justice system a lot of money, when an ex-offender re-offends it costs an average of £65,000to the point of re-imprisonment and after imprisonment, it cost as much as £37,000 a year they are in prison. Also the total record of crime committed by ex-offenders in the society is estimated at around £11 billion a year (Secretary of State for Education and Skills 2005:10)
When talking about reducing reoffenders, one must take into account drug and alcohol misuse, because there a solid connection between offenders who use drug and alcohol reoffending. The ministry of justice (2013:5) said that there a link between …show more content…
There have been research to conclude that employment programmes are mostly not effective unless they are combined with motivational, educational health or social support services that will help them with other needs that might stop them from finding employment, (for instance, learning or mental difficulties and substance abuse). Most ex-offenders go through some form of education or training before they can get into the working field however that might pose a problem because with employment to help earn money, they might revert back to offending Ministry of Justice (2013:19). While in prison, all offenders are expected to work, this varies from prison to prison according to the availability of work, the facilities, number of staff and the ability and skills that the offenders has. Work in prison are mostly divided in three, there is maintenance and service which may include working in the kitchen or doing laundries, maintenance of grounds and sometime cleaning of cells and landings (Social Exclusion Unit,
When talking about reducing reoffenders, one must take into account drug and alcohol misuse, because there a solid connection between offenders who use drug and alcohol reoffending. The ministry of justice (2013:5) said that there a link between …show more content…
There have been research to conclude that employment programmes are mostly not effective unless they are combined with motivational, educational health or social support services that will help them with other needs that might stop them from finding employment, (for instance, learning or mental difficulties and substance abuse). Most ex-offenders go through some form of education or training before they can get into the working field however that might pose a problem because with employment to help earn money, they might revert back to offending Ministry of Justice (2013:19). While in prison, all offenders are expected to work, this varies from prison to prison according to the availability of work, the facilities, number of staff and the ability and skills that the offenders has. Work in prison are mostly divided in three, there is maintenance and service which may include working in the kitchen or doing laundries, maintenance of grounds and sometime cleaning of cells and landings (Social Exclusion Unit,