Future UK resettlement prisons are designed to reduce reoffending

The UK’s Ministry of Justice has recently revealed plans to create a set of so-called “re-settlement jails”, aimed at reducing the re-offending phenomenon, a news report reveals.

Following this initiative, inmates across England and Wales will be moved to prisons near where they live before they are released. Plans are currently in place for creating up to 70 prison facilities of this type, designed to house most male prisoners from autumn 2014.

Since they will be closer to their communities, prisoners are more likely to receive visits from family members, but it’s quite clear that strict visitor monitoring and control systems will have to be put in place, in order to prevent contact with previous criminal associates.

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