... be imposed by Crown Courts. The success of fines is a much-debated issue. These are just a pair of alternative sentences; this essay will fully explore the concept that Britain needs more prisons. Is the Prison Service struggling to cope with the continuing rise of incarcerated criminals? Are prisons successful in their aims or are the alternatives the way forward? I wish to thoroughly analyse these questions to come to an adequate and reasoned conclusion based on the evidence I have acquired. The prison population rate is projected to rise an amazing 16% in 6 years! Therefore there is currently a colossal strain facing the Prison Service, principally due to this ever-escalating incarceration rate. This is particularly accentuated whilst studying women. In November 2001 a third men's jail had to be converted to take female prisoners in response to a sizeable fluctuation in the female prison population. A record of 4,045 ...

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