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Leeds locals reflect on the cost of jailing inmates short-term
National World - LocalTV
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28/03/2024
With short-term jail sentences costing £50,000 per inmate, is it time for more lenient jail terms or are we too soft on offenders?
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I think the prison is there for a reason.
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I believe in punishment, because some people, they go round and round,
00:08
they go in, they come out, they go in, they come out.
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But I think there should be a strict structure within the prisons.
00:15
I don't understand why it has to cost that much.
00:17
Are they feeding them curry or something? I don't know.
00:21
I think it would be good if some of the funding was put into preventative measures
00:25
at a much earlier stage, before we reach the prison stage.
00:29
Unfortunately, we do have the prison system, and for some I think it's necessary.
00:33
However, I think there is a real amount of poverty and underfunding
00:40
in terms of intervention much earlier.
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I tend to think we should put more money into prevention,
00:44
rather than just punishing individuals and locking people up for misdemeanours.
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I think in crimes generally, everyone should be punished,
00:53
not equally, but everyone should have their time, if that makes sense.
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