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Richard: England and Wales
has the highest imprisonment

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rates in Western Europe.

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Around 70% of people
who were sent to prison

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have committed a
non-violent offence.

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Nearly a quarter of
the prison population

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are held in overcrowded
prisons while other forms

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of punishments, like
community sentences,

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have nearly halved since 2006.

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This online course looks
inside the prisons in England

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and Wales and takes
you on a journey

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that will challenge your
understanding of imprisonment.

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You will understand the
role of imprisonment

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as a mechanism of punishment,
hear from ex-prisoners

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who will describe their
experience of being

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incarcerated, and understand the
challenges the current prison

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system faces.

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Through stimulating
case studies,

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you will explore alternative
ways of punishment,

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rehabilitation, and
understand the debates

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within the criminal justice
system and criminology.

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I'm Doctor Richard
Peake, and I'm

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passionate about
prisons and all forms

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of punishment and improving
outcomes to prisoners

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and society.

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Join this course,
Questioning the Prison System

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in England and Wales, today.

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