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By: Ian Acheson

Ian Acheson is a former prison governor, His book Screwed: Britain’s Prison Crisis and How to Escape is available now

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  • The Debate: should we release female prisoners to make space for men?

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    Could an answer to the prison overcrowding crisis be to let out women offenders? Two writers go head to head Yes: We are locking up women who’ve been failed by the system Right now, prisons contain women who shouldn’t be there. Prison doesn’t work and it harms women. Almost 70 per cent of women in [...]

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