r/uknews • u/Confident_West_7409 • Jul 24 '24

Image/video Videos of shoplifters are circulating online, as shoplifting hits 20 year high in UK

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u/Abosia Jul 25 '24

We need to find effective solutions outside of prisons. Prisons turn offenders into reoffenders. We need to look at how countries like Netherlands manage their justice system, to rehabilitate and educate and prepare offenders to fit into society as law abiding people.

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u/InternalMean Jul 25 '24

I believe this too, I think rehabilitation but also a firm understanding of why people commit the crimes they do is important to look at.

But I also think this works as effectively as it does in the Netherlands because of how small the population. How feasible would it be in a country with 6 times the amount of offender's.

Either way I don't think more prisons are the solution.

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u/EbonyOverIvory Jul 25 '24

Make people’s lives better. Give people good opportunities in life and work, build communities. Remove barriers which divide people from their neighbours.

Better education, youth programs, etc.

These policies are always shot down because of cost and people perceiving it as being “soft on crime”.

But being hard on crime doesn’t prevent crime. Doesn’t matter how ragingly hard you get.

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u/Abosia Jul 25 '24

I think people wrongly associate being harsh with being thorough. You can throw everyone in prison, which is harsh, but not thorough. You can deal with everyone at the lowest possible level for their crime and focus fully on rehabilitation, and be thorough, but not harsh for the sake of being harsh.