Former Inmate Says UK Prisons Appear ‘Designed to Maximise Reoffending’

Published on December 12, 2023

A former prisoner who spent two years in jail for fraud has said the current custodial system appears to be “designed to maximise reoffending”  and destroy “human potential.” David Shipley, a former inmate who is calling for reform to our prison system, said, “The reality is, it’s almost nothing like the popular media portrayals of it.” Speaking to NTD’s Lee Hall for the “British Thought Leaders” programme, Mr. Shipley said he had a privileged upbringing in London and “leafy Buckinghamshire” and was working in corporate finance when he, “did a very stupid, dishonest thing” in 2014. He said: “I committed a fraud. I lied to some investors in a company we were all talking about setting up together. And I then produced sort of fake documents to support that lie.”...

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