Più della metà (54%) dei giovani adulti di età inferiore ai 21 anni rilasciati dalla custodia nel 2021, hanno commesso nuovamente delitti entro un anno

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/

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.