Are There Too Many Problems In The British Prison Service
... Examples of this are Wormwood Scrubs, Barlinnie and Perth Prison, where there is no toilet facility in individual cells, forcing inmates to use the slop out method. ... In his opinion, the prison block was substandard to the quality that should be expected as it indeed, houses human beings. ... The Scottish Prison Service has outlined that there are four main aims that must be achieved in order for the prisons to succeed. ... In a report extracted from the Dundee Courier on Friday, September 27, 2002, it was stated that Scotlands prison population has soared to a record level of well over 6000 according to the latest figures released in a report by the Scottish Executive. ... The total number of women being sent to prison has been rising for the last decade and last year the average daily female prison population rose by 23% from 203 to 249. In fact, Cornton Vale, which is Scotlands only women’s prison has the fastest increasing population rate, as I was told by Dundee Solicitor, Kim Barclay. It is again apparent that this prison aim is failing when the ever increasing recidivism rates are seen. ... More evidence that prisons are failing to act as crime deterrents is that, it has been found that one quarter of British men will have a criminal record by the age of twenty-four and a staggering one third of British men will have a criminal record by the age of thirty. ... These statistics show that the prisons are not carrying out one of their functions satisfactorily or there would not be such high numbers of people returning to prison after such a short period of time. ... This is due to the possibility that many offenders go into prison for minor crimes and leave with a greater knowledge of crime in general and the proper way to do things such as break into cars, rob houses etc.