The article advocates for a shift towards community sentences and the Texas prison model as actionable solutions to the UK’s prison crisis. It highlights the inefficacy of simply building more prisons to address overcrowding. Instead, community sentences should receive adequate resources to engage with offenders positively. The Texas model, which prioritizes violent crime incarceration while providing treatment for non-violent offenders, serves as an effective blueprint. The authors argue that such approaches are essential for reducing prison populations and addressing underlying issues such as substance abuse and mental health, while enhancing public safety.
Community sentences require more resources to constructively challenge offending behavior while keeping convicted individuals in touch with their responsibilities to families and communities.
The Texas model emphasizes in-prison and community-based treatment programs for non-violent offenders, targeting the intersection of their crimes with substance abuse and mental health issues.
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