The major issue we’re seeing in our incarceration system is re-offending. Prison is intended to be a final measure of punishment (Criminal Justice Policy Group, 1998), and acts as a deterrent. Yet, as figure 1 shows, we’re seeing high levels of recidivism from released inmates (Nadesu, 2009), so it follows that this ‘last resort’ punishment is becoming increasingly ineffective. This is problematic, as our current Corrections budget is increasing yearly, and currently stands at 1.7 billion dollars, with an estimated 60% of this budget going towards the cost of housing inmates (Estimates of Appropriations 2016/17, 2017). Alluding to this, prisoners are facing custodial sentences in which they are removed from society for an extended period of
