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Change Your Prison, Change Your Outcomes, Change Your Community
Author(s) -
Opperman Guy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/ecaf.12068
Subject(s) - prison , voucher , payment , culture change , public administration , criminology , faith , business , political science , public relations , sociology , finance , social science , philosophy , theology , accounting
UK prisons have a very poor record in preventing reoffending. This paper attempts to identify a desirable kind of prison system. It discusses privatisation and payment‐by‐results programmes. Novel suggestions include the potential for charity‐, faith‐ or community‐based organisations to run prisons, and a possible voucher scheme for use by prisoners.