Again, tell me why so many prisoners have been in care?
My point is prison isn't working. What is the point of locking up non-violent first time offenders for example? Our prisons are over-crowded. They are bursting to the brims and not safe. You have high levels of violence with prisoners kiĺling other prisoners as well as themselves. When it comes to re-offending rates, some European countries have rates in the 20s whereas ours are in the 40s (minimum).
The government even once banned - or maybe tried to ban- prisoners from getting books. How is that going to help anyone? Now things are decent and if you drop me off 5 books, i can get it to your loved one in prison. They just want to appear as if they are tough on crime. They don't care about reducing re-offending or whether it makes sense.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/05/prison-book-ban-unlawful-court-chris-grayling
Also there are too many drugs and phones in prison. Spice is a serious problem.
You also have legal aid cuts etc. If you are wrongly accused of a crime, you might not be able to adequately defend yourself against the state these days.
At the end of the day, BME person comes off worse. Somalis are more likely to get stiffer sentences than their White counterparts because most judges are White middle class old men - from magistrates to crown court. I considered becoming a magistrates but I am not playing such a big part in this joke of a system.