Mehr als die Hälfte (54 %) der jungen Erwachsenen unter 21 Jahren, die 2021 aus der Haft entlassen wurden, wurden innerhalb eines Jahres erneut straffällig
Mehr als die Hälfte (54 %) der jungen Erwachsenen unter 21 Jahren, die 2021 aus der Haft entlassen wurden, wurden innerhalb eines Jahres erneut straffällig
* More than six in ten individuals (62%) who were released from custodial sentences during 2018 were convicted of re-offending within three years of release.
* Re-offending tends to decline with age. While 84% of young adults (aged less than 21 years old) re-offended within three years of being released, just under one-third (31%) of those aged 50 and over re-offended in the same period.
Individuals linked to custodial sentences relating to Public Order offences (77%) or Damage to Property & to the Environment offences (76%) were most likely to be convicted of a re-offence within three years of being released.
* One-year re-offending rates for individuals released in 2021 indicate that 42% re-offended within a year after being released from custody.
* Individuals released during 2021 from custodial sentences relating to Burglary (61%), Public Order (58%), or Robbery (57%) had the highest rate of re-offending within a year of being released. Re-offences committed by individuals can be in a different crime category to the original offence.
* Half (50%) of individuals released from custody during 2021 and living in the Midland region (Laois, Longford, Offaly, and Westmeath) re-offended within a year of being released. In contrast, more than one-third (34%) of individuals based in the Mid-East region (Kildare, Louth, Meath, and Wicklow) re-offended in the same period following release.
If rehabilitation is the goal of the prison service then this is an absolute failure.
JONFER--- on
Of course first-time offenders go into prison as amateur criminals, they Spent months or years living with and learning from professional criminals and making contacts.
A life of crime is always a lucrative and attractive option when they leave prison.
Is that the states fault, I wouldn’t think so. Everyone is responsible for their own actions.
Maultaschenman on
More suspended sentences, can’t reoffend if you’re not released
Ok-Package9273 on
How does it compare with recidivism of those imprisoned?
Do we just have some no hopers in life or are we far too lenient? My intuition would be that leniency breeds contempt of the law personally.
duartes07 on
incarceration≠rehabilitation
perplexedtv on
Suprised it’s so low. Most probably have a hard enough time getting even a low-paid job in a seriously expensive country without a criminal record. With one… good luck trying.
UnSanitisedMind on
Whatever the opposite of surprised face is, that’s me reading this.
Oh and in the context of this report “re-offending” only covers those caught and convicted, considering the % of unsolved and unreported crime in this country those figures aren’t nearly the whole story.
cyberlexington on
Ok. Why? Wheres the qualitative data on this? Irelands recidivsm rate has always been high, this is now 3 in 4, a few years ago it was 2 in 3. Somethings happening within the system that driving this increase. Where do these people go after leaving prison? What happens to them?
And before people start shouting about tougher prisons/sentences it has been shown time and again that harsh prisons do not rehabilitate.
Terrible-Caregiver-8 on
No real “consequences” for their actions… I’m sooo sick of lenient/suspended sentences. I don’t care what anyone says Dublin has gotten worse since the pandemic. I was in the phoenix park a few days ago – a teen was performing motocross style wheelies on a clearly stolen motorcycle on the bleeding footpath. He was wearing a ski mask so that’s how I know it was stolen, before anyone asks! Everyone just got off the footpath: and let him have at it.
notevenclosecnt on
Prison just doesn’t work as a form of punishment. And we haven’t come up with a better solution in thousands years of society. Even when the death penalty is on the table, people will still rape, steal and kill. Literally, there is no punishment that stops a portion of the population breaking the law.
AdamOfIzalith on
It’s almost as if there are social and economic factors that motivate crime and there has been very little material actually being done to kurb these things both from a justice perspective and from a community perspective. Statistical anomolies are not motivated by personal or moral failings of a specific demographic. It’s an indication of just how much people are being failed by the various systems in their lives and most especially in disadvantaged area’s.
batch-91 on
That they know about! Actual percentage is probably much higher.
Dan_Pena on
Reduce their dole money . Or if they have a council house in Dublin , 2 strikes and move them to a council house down the country . They need a THREAT of punishment.
misterboyle on
Hard labour, flogging and the death penalty should all be considered, just locking people up isn’t doing anything
Crisp_Sambo on
B-b-but r/ireland called me far right when I called for the building of more prisons and tougher sentencing. Some people are just unrehabilitatable. We need more prisons, tougher sentencing, and ways to make people locked up for the longer sentences they deserve work from prison to contribute to the cost of keeping them there.
Fuck this business of releasing drug dealers that poison inner city communities with crack and heroin. They deserve life and to be forced to give back to the communities they ruin.
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Key Findings
* More than six in ten individuals (62%) who were released from custodial sentences during 2018 were convicted of re-offending within three years of release.
* Re-offending tends to decline with age. While 84% of young adults (aged less than 21 years old) re-offended within three years of being released, just under one-third (31%) of those aged 50 and over re-offended in the same period.
Individuals linked to custodial sentences relating to Public Order offences (77%) or Damage to Property & to the Environment offences (76%) were most likely to be convicted of a re-offence within three years of being released.
* One-year re-offending rates for individuals released in 2021 indicate that 42% re-offended within a year after being released from custody.
* Individuals released during 2021 from custodial sentences relating to Burglary (61%), Public Order (58%), or Robbery (57%) had the highest rate of re-offending within a year of being released. Re-offences committed by individuals can be in a different crime category to the original offence.
* Half (50%) of individuals released from custody during 2021 and living in the Midland region (Laois, Longford, Offaly, and Westmeath) re-offended within a year of being released. In contrast, more than one-third (34%) of individuals based in the Mid-East region (Kildare, Louth, Meath, and Wicklow) re-offended in the same period following release.
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-pros/prisonre-offendingstatistics2021/keyfindings/
If rehabilitation is the goal of the prison service then this is an absolute failure.
Of course first-time offenders go into prison as amateur criminals, they Spent months or years living with and learning from professional criminals and making contacts.
A life of crime is always a lucrative and attractive option when they leave prison.
Is that the states fault, I wouldn’t think so. Everyone is responsible for their own actions.
More suspended sentences, can’t reoffend if you’re not released
How does it compare with recidivism of those imprisoned?
Do we just have some no hopers in life or are we far too lenient? My intuition would be that leniency breeds contempt of the law personally.
incarceration≠rehabilitation
Suprised it’s so low. Most probably have a hard enough time getting even a low-paid job in a seriously expensive country without a criminal record. With one… good luck trying.
Whatever the opposite of surprised face is, that’s me reading this.
Oh and in the context of this report “re-offending” only covers those caught and convicted, considering the % of unsolved and unreported crime in this country those figures aren’t nearly the whole story.
Ok. Why? Wheres the qualitative data on this? Irelands recidivsm rate has always been high, this is now 3 in 4, a few years ago it was 2 in 3. Somethings happening within the system that driving this increase. Where do these people go after leaving prison? What happens to them?
And before people start shouting about tougher prisons/sentences it has been shown time and again that harsh prisons do not rehabilitate.
No real “consequences” for their actions… I’m sooo sick of lenient/suspended sentences. I don’t care what anyone says Dublin has gotten worse since the pandemic. I was in the phoenix park a few days ago – a teen was performing motocross style wheelies on a clearly stolen motorcycle on the bleeding footpath. He was wearing a ski mask so that’s how I know it was stolen, before anyone asks! Everyone just got off the footpath: and let him have at it.
Prison just doesn’t work as a form of punishment. And we haven’t come up with a better solution in thousands years of society. Even when the death penalty is on the table, people will still rape, steal and kill. Literally, there is no punishment that stops a portion of the population breaking the law.
It’s almost as if there are social and economic factors that motivate crime and there has been very little material actually being done to kurb these things both from a justice perspective and from a community perspective. Statistical anomolies are not motivated by personal or moral failings of a specific demographic. It’s an indication of just how much people are being failed by the various systems in their lives and most especially in disadvantaged area’s.
That they know about! Actual percentage is probably much higher.
Reduce their dole money . Or if they have a council house in Dublin , 2 strikes and move them to a council house down the country . They need a THREAT of punishment.
Hard labour, flogging and the death penalty should all be considered, just locking people up isn’t doing anything
B-b-but r/ireland called me far right when I called for the building of more prisons and tougher sentencing. Some people are just unrehabilitatable. We need more prisons, tougher sentencing, and ways to make people locked up for the longer sentences they deserve work from prison to contribute to the cost of keeping them there.
Fuck this business of releasing drug dealers that poison inner city communities with crack and heroin. They deserve life and to be forced to give back to the communities they ruin.