It costs an average of £50,000 to send someone to prison in the UK.
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00:00 I'd say it's the nation with regards to offenders.
00:02 I think one thing that really needs to be put into place
00:04 is the whole idea of rehabilitation.
00:06 Over here, a lot of it is just quite harsh with regards...
00:09 Well, not harsh, but, like, a lot of it is more focused
00:11 with regards to punishment rather than actual, like,
00:12 "Will you do this again? Yes or no?" sort of thing.
00:14 Criminal justice system shouldn't necessarily
00:17 just be about punishing people.
00:19 It's about rehabilitation, looking at the causes behind crime.
00:24 A lot of the money we spend on crime,
00:26 we could look at the causes of crime
00:28 and that way kind of reduce the cost.
00:31 If the money's been used right and, you know,
00:34 on rehabilitation and whatnot, but I'm not quite sure.
00:37 I couldn't really say, to be honest, what's best there.
00:41 I wouldn't be surprised if most people who go into prison are...
00:43 Actually, a lot of them are worse off
00:45 because of the environment they're in.
00:47 But for a way to solve that, I have no idea.
00:49 I think it probably should be taken more case by case
00:52 and a broad generalisation for people who've committed crimes.
00:55 Probably more... Maybe more counselling and things like that,
00:57 I'd imagine.