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PRISON WORKS - Critically evaluate this statement.
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PRISON WORKS CRITICALLY EVALUATE THIS STATEMENT This essay looks at whether prison works as an answer to all serious crime committed by adults. Is prison there simply to punish offenders or to reform them, to deter them from committing more crime or just to make society feel safer? People are put in prison as a result of the crimes they have committed. Some crimes are more serious then others so are treated differently. The more serious a crime, generally the higher prison category and prison sentence they serve. The prison population in England and Wales has hit an all-time high, new figures from the Home Office show. The number of people held in 139 prisons reached 75,550 - Six more than the previous high in April last year - and Home Office estimates suggest this figure could reach 84,000 by 2009. Juliet Lyon, director of the Prison Reform Trust, deemed the figures "very...
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