AC 3.3

Question 1

How does reoffending put pressure on police?

Answer 1

• causes overpopulation
• between 1993 and 2015, prison population almost doubled
• due to overcrowding, police are forced to hold criminals in police cells and limits their ability to arrest

Question 2

How much has reoffending increased for all prisoners?

Answer 2

36%

Question 3

How does reoffending put pressure on courts and judiciary?

Answer 3

• more cases to process

Question 4

How does reoffending put pressure on prisons?

Answer 4

• causes overpopulation
• between 1993 and 2015, population has doubled
• 3 out of 5 prisons are overcrowded
• staff are overworked and end up leaving
• former gov of liverpool hmp - “overcrowding is the biggest barrier providing a safe rehabilitative prison”

Question 5

How has people having lack of access to resources and support impacting polices’ ability to achieve social control?

Answer 5

• less staff to search, arrest, detain
• crimes going unrecorded
• public have less trust in police so don’t report crime

Question 6

How has people having lack of access to resources and support impacting prisons’ ability to achieve social control?

Answer 6

• a 15% cut in prison officers means fewer officers to supervise activities
• prisoners locked up and denied access to facilities due to lack of staff
• inadequate resources for education and training
• chief inspector 2022 report, half of prisons inspected didn’t have enough programmes

Question 7

How has people having lack of access to resources and support impacting probations ability to achieve social control?

Answer 7

• lack of money - prisoners get £89 on release - not enough to stop them reoffending
• 1 in 9 prisoners have no accommodation on release
• need bank account and address to claim benefits
• lack of job - 1/4 prisoners have a job on release