... are housed in British prisons. In 2001-2002 the female prison population increased by 28%. It is conclusive that women are incarcerated, predominantly for drug-related offences and violence. This significant increase has placed the women's prison educational and drug rehabilitation programmes in jeopardy due to overcrowding. ... rate for the one year in the community following a two-year custodial sentence. Re-offending rates are particularly low and this is predominantly down to the rehabilitation programmes in practice in prisons. These programmes are based on the ideal that a person c...

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