Prison
Fixing Fixed Term Prison Recalls
Catch22 calls for community alternatives to Fixed Term Prison Recalls
12th February 2025
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Catch22 calls for community alternatives to Fixed Term Prison Recalls
Research by Social Switch finds that more than two thirds of young people saw violent or explicit online content during lockdown.
Children are over represented in statistics on crime and violence, both as victims and as perpetrators. To be able to charge them with criminal offences at 10 years is failing them before they have a chance.
Lisa Smitherman, Director of Justice Catch22, asks whether new plans for rehabilitation and resettlement signal a move away from prison as the default.
