Reoffenders
(asked on 9th February 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rate was for (a) men and (b) women who left prison in each year since 2010.
We want to cut reoffending, cut crime and make our streets safer. That is why we need a new emphasis in prisons on rehabilitation and redemption. Prisons should be places of hard work, rigorous education and high ambition so offenders get the skills to make a success of life on the outside.
Data on the reoffending rates for men and women leaving prison in England and Wales up to 2012 can be found in the publication Women in the Criminal Justice System Chapter 8, table 8.10.
Data for 2013 will be included when this publication will be updated in due course.
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/women-and-the-criminal-justice-system-2013
Overall reoffending rates (for men and women) and overall reoffending rates for those leaving prison can be found in the latest quarterly data publication.
In the quarterly proven re-offending statistics, a proven re-offence is defined as any offence committed in a one year follow-up period that leads to a court conviction, caution, reprimand or warning in the one year follow-up or within a further six month waiting period to allow the offence to be proven in court.