The Howard League for Penal Reform's Community Programmes Handbook aims to show how non-custodial punishments address the causes of offending in a practical way.
The guide highlights a range of community sentences including early interventions with young people and sentences and programmes for young people dealing with factors that contribute to offending, such as alcohol-related crimes.
Frances Crook, director of the Howard League, said the handbook shows the work being done across England and Wales in community sentencing. "Spending all day lounging on a cell bunk is the real 'soft' option," she said. " For too many people, the only activities available in prison involve gangs and hard drug use. It should be no surprise that over two-thirds of those leaving custody go on to reoffend, rising to over three-quarters among under-18s."
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