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"Does Britain need more prisons?" The prison population in England and Wales currently stands at 71,800. According to the Home Office estimate this figure is projected to rise to 83,500 by 2008. Similarly in Scotland, which has a separate legal system and its own private service, there are similar pressures. Prisons can be successful in their four aims: retribution, protection, deterrence and rehabilitation. Reconviction rates are at a substantial low, but is that enough? Whilst compared with the problems facing prisons a question arises, 'is it really prisons Britain needs?' There are several other approaches to punishing, deterring and rehabilitating offenders whilst also protecting the public. These include the increasingly popular Community Punishment Order (CPO), previously known as Community Service. This involves the offender doing unpaid work that shall benefit the community, however this also entails the offender learning new skills. Otherwise we have the ever-prevalent fine. This requires the criminal...

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