Originally Posted by Frosty

Every prisoner costs about £25,000 a year to keep in custody. A night in a police cell costs more than a night in London's Dorchester Hotel.

Up to a third of prisoners have some identifiable psychiatric disorder.

Prison is ineffective at reducing crime. Half of all prisoners (and nearly two thirds of young prisoners) reoffend within two years.

On average, one prisoner commits suicide every four to five days.

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