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The criminal justice system now deals with fewer people than at any time since 1970, but is more likely to send people to court and punish them more severely.
Intriguing and concerning new report from the MoJ traces the massive growth in our use of incarceration at the same time as the crime rate was falling.
Cogent new analysis from top US Economist Jason Furman says higher wages is a more effective crime reduction tool than imprisoning more criminals
How does the UK’s penal system compare to 49 other European countries?
Black women are three times more likely than white women to be sent to prison in the USA
It is provisionally estimated that the total world prison population has increased by around 20% since 2000, compared with the
approximately 50% increase in the number of imprisoned women and girls.
