NCJ Number
18208
Date Published
1974
Length
9 pages
Annotation
PROPOSALS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS AND CORRECTIONAL STAFF IN ENGLAND ARE CRITICIZED, AND SUGGESTIONS OF DECREASING PRISON POPULATIONS, AND INCREASING COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS ARE OFFERED.
Abstract
IT IS STATED THAT MORE PRISONS SHOULD NOT BE BUILT WHEN CURRENT PRISON OVERCROWDING IS LARGELY DUE TO THE IMPRISONMENT OF PEOPLE FOR WHOM PROVISION COULD BE MADE IN THE COMMUNITY. SUPPORT IS GIVEN FOR THE RENOVATION OF PRISONS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEMOLITION OF OUTMODED PREMISES. SUBSTANTIAL TRANSFER OF FINANCES AND MANPOWER FROM CUSTODIAL TO NON-CUSTODIAL MEASURES, COMBINED WITH STEPS TO PERSUADE COURTS TO USE COMMUNITY-BASED MEASURES ARE RECOMMENDED. OTHER SUGGESTIONS OFFERED IN THIS BOOKLET WERE TO RESTRICT THE COURTS' POWERS TO IMPOSE IMPRISONMENT, TO REDUCE PRETRIAL DETENTION, TO IMPOSE A MORATORIUM ON NEW CUSTODIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS, TO CONSTRUCT ANY NEW INSTITUTIONS ONLY IN GENERAL LOCATIONS.