To reduce reoffending, prisoners need better support following release | Letter

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Pavan Dhaliwal responds to an article on the early release of prisoners. The report also notes that Plus a letter from a prison officer who works in a men’s open prison Regarding your article ( Prisoners thank Andy Burnham as they leave jail in first wave of early releases, 1 October ), Michael Bogle’s story should make us ask a bigger question than whether prisoners are being released too soon. Bogle, 38, has 100 convictions and has been jailed five times. He told the Guardian that he turned to shoplifting following becoming homeless, in order to eat. On leaving prison, he stated that there was a risk he would shoplift again.

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