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IN BRIEF: Former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond dies aged 69
IN BRIEF: PM Keir Starmer has been in office for 100 days
IN BRIEF: Did you see the Northern Lights?
IN BRIEF: Auschwitz survivor Lily Ebert dies aged 100
IN BRIEF: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
TODAY IS: World Hospice & Palliative Care Day
TODAY IS: King Harold Day
TODAY IS: World Arthritis Day
TODAY IS: World Sight Day
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The Future Of Prison Rehabilitation Programmes
The UK prison system currently costs the taxpayer approximately £5 billion annually, and the cost of reoffending adds an additional £18 billion each year. From a purely financial viewpoint, something needs to change. However, there are other costs involved in a system that seems to be stuck in a cycle of failure, where the more prisons we build, the more we seem to need.
Photo: Donald Tong
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