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Do Women's Prisons Work?

Do Women's Prisons Work?

Update: 2018-09-11
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It's the £1.7billion question...




Well, that was the cost of female offending in 2015 - 16. 




With a high suicide rate and the majority of inmates serving short sentences under six months - is there evidence jail can do more harm than good?




Reporter Emma Reid has been exploring the issue.




#Prison #Womeninprison #Offenders #Crime #Justice #Prisoners #HeartNews

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