General Article England and Wales have the highest prison rates in Western Europe amid ‘botched reforms’

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The rate of people being sent to prison in England and Wales has been branded as ‘shameful’ by Prison Reform Trust.

More people are being sent to prison in England and Wales every year than anywhere else in western Europe.

The rate of people being sent to prison in England and Wales, which has been branded as ‘shameful’ is around twice as high as in Germany and roughly three times that of Italy and Spain, the Prison Reform Trust found.

This amounted to more than 140,000 admissions into prison...

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