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Britain has one of the largest prison populations in Europe and the system is failing to cope adequately with the problem. Discuss the use of alternatives to prison sentence for convicted offenders
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... Question 3: Britain has one of the largest prison populations in Europe and the system is failing to cope adequately with the problem. Discuss the use of alternatives to prison sentence for convicted offenders. More and more people in Britain are being sentenced to jail time: this is a fact. In 2004, there are currently over eighty thousand inmates.[1] (Peter Reydt, 2004 / Scottish Executive, 2003) Crime is on the increase but our prisons are already overcrowded. Consequently, new prisons will be required to accommodate prisoners. Where will the money come from to pay for the construction of new prisons? Will they have a sufficient rehabilitation programmes in place? The prison system is obviously failing because it is not acting as a deterrent. Clearly we should now be examining why the system is failing and possible alternatives to prison. What should these alternatives be? Would they work and














