Prison essay - ADV MODS

Question 2

possible essay titles

Answer 2

” prison is meant to punish and rehabilitate . prison fails on both counts” discuss
“experience has shown that the most effective method of deterring criminals is imprisonment” discuss
“prison is a costly waste of time” discuss

Question 3

line of argument

Answer 3

Prisons do not work and are failing to meet many of their aims.

Question 4

paragraph 1: focus on rehabilitation/deter/reoffending
point

Answer 4

one of prisons most important aims is to help the offender become a better person and tackle the issue that caused them to commit crime in the first place.

the high reoffending rate shows this is not happening.

Question 5

paragraph 1: focus on rehabilitation/deter/reoffending
explain

Answer 5

a very important challenge facing prisons is tackling the revolving door of reoffending and ensuring that prisoners leave prison reformed with the issues that resulted in in their crime solved.

prison attempts to do this by offering rehabilitation and educational programmes but the statistics show that these programmes are not working or not accessed by those who need it.

Question 6

paragraph 1: focus on rehabilitation/deter/reoffending
example

Answer 6

the reconviction rate, which is the percentage of offenders who are reconvicted in a year, was 28.3% in 2018-19 in England and Wales.

Question 7

paragraph 1: focus on rehabilitation/deter/reoffending
international comparison

Answer 7

problem is greater in the us-

each year in the usa, there are 600,000 inmates released from federal prisons but 2 out of 3 will go on to be rearrested

and 50% will be incarcerated.

Question 8

paragraph 1: focus on rehabilitation/deter/reoffending
analysis

Answer 8

both show that although prisons have become more proactive in trying to rehabilitate and do offer programmes that are designed to upskill and support inmates.

they are still failing to do so as huge numbers leave prison only to return.

this could be down to other challenges such as overcrowding which can limit prisoners access to support.

Question 9

paragraph 1: focus on rehabilitation/deter/reoffending
evaluation

Answer 9

although the evidence shows that prisons in the uk and us are failing to tackle the issues that caused inmates to turn to crime,

there is progress that is evident as over the ten years between 2009/10 and 2018/19,

the reconviction rate had fallen by 2.3 percentage point

and the average number of reconvictions per offender decreased by 11%

Question 10

paragraph 1: focus on rehabilitation/deter/reoffending
line of argument

Answer 10

while there are improvements in trying to ensure prison helps to reform inmates-

unit larger issues such as overcrowding are tackled they will continue to fail to really support offenders and tackle root causes of crimes.