WE often think of prison as a kind of ‘university of crime’.
Latest figures from the Ministry of Justice suggest, if anything, for Wycombe and nationwide, the reverse. Of those sentenced to a year’s sentence, 57% will re-offend; for 1-4 years the figure drops to 38%; for 4-10 years 25%, and of those sentenced to the longest sentences to 10 years or more, only 9% will re-offend.
M L Grey, West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe
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