Overcrowding In Prison

There is upmost need to understand and comprehend the importance of the issue regarding the overcrowding of prisoners in UK. There will be different aspects and issues regarding the policy proposal about overcrowding of prisoners in prison.

This policy report will focus and concentrate on the key areas and issues that are relevant and related to the overcrowding scenario in prisons

With the increase in the population, overcrowding of prisoners in prisons becoming significant and important issue. From historical point of view, this issue has so much importance because this issue does relate to the human rights to a considerable extent

Prisons are conventionally known as school of crimes where different offenders and criminals are engaged and

This estimate suggests that 146 out of 100000 people in the world were in prison and these statistics were recorded in 2011. The prison population was enhanced or increased up to 78% from 2008 to 2011 and this population was increased up to 71 % in the previous two years

In UK, the problem of prisons overcrowding is becoming huge with the passage of time, lack of capacity that is found because of low numbers of prisons result in prisons overcrowding scenario

As far as the statistics are concerned, there is need to understand the fact that national statistics has provided the population of prisoners in prisons that are present all over the UK. There has been projection made for England and Wales and it includes the projection for the year 2017. In this concern, there have been three model scenarios have been built in which lower, medium and higher scenarios have been considered. The impact of three different scenarios have also been focused and observed regarding the custodial interventions and

Criminal justice should not be taken into this consideration as it involves other aspects too that are valuable to consider and analyse. Effective analysis regarding the overcrowding issue in any context along with the identification of causes and reasons to crime and imprisonment can make these strategies successful and effective. There is need to understand the fact that crime is social problem and criminal justice is only part of the solution

The other issues such as poverty and social inequality including inadequate access and approach towards social rights and other aspects should be considered as well. The elimination and reduction of poverty and providing effective care and support can ultimately result in the decrease of crime and imprisonment to certain level. In this way prisons overcrowding issue can be reduced to certain