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Prisoners serving less than a year =
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highest reoffending =
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Nearly half of prisoners released from =
prison go=20
on to commit further offences, government figures =
indicate.
The percentage re-offending went up for the second year =
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to 49.4% - but is lower than in 2002 when 55% of prisoners =
committed=20
further crimes.
The statistics show re-offending rates by women went up =
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times that for men - by 16.4%, compared with 4.2%.
The National Audit Office recently found reoffending in =
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and Wales costs the taxpayer up to =A310bn a year.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) assesses re-offending rates =
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measuring the number of further offences committed by a =
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criminals in England and Wales within a year of their =
release.
Those let out in the first three months of 2008 committed =
37,178=20
offences within a year.
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Dominic Grieve
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secretary
Reoffending=20
'costs economy =A310bn'=20
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Shadow justice secretary Dominic Grieve said the prison =
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was "dilapidated and overcrowded" and was "failing to turn =
offenders=20
around".
He said: "Half of prisoners commit another recordable =
offence=20
within a year of release.
"We simply can't go on like this. We need more prison =
capacity to=20
address chronic prison overcrowding; more freedom for =
governors to=20
choose solutions which work; and a rehabilitation revolution =
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provide post-release support to reform offenders."
But Justice Minister Maria Eagle said "significant =
progress" was=20
being made in making communities safer and over-all, =
re-offending=20
rates had fallen since 2000.
The National Audit Office report found many prisoners =
were=20
spending all day in their cells rather than being engaged in =
training and rehabilitation.
There was also "little evidence" that the risk of =
short-sentence=20
prisoners reoffending had been reduced, it added.
Of all those in jail, prisoners serving less than a year =
have the=20
highest reoffending rates and the most convictions, an =
average of=20
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