Data shows fewer prisoners reoffending in Guernsey

New figures shared by Guernsey's government show the reoffending rate has nearly halved over the past five years.

The Committee for Home Affairs (CHA) said there had been 12 out of 77 prisoners who had been reconvicted in 2023, compared to 30 of 103 prisoners in 2019.

The committee attributed the reduction in the number of prisoners reoffending from 41.5% in 2019 to 21% in 2023 to "the hard work of the prison and probation service".

Deputy Rob Prow, the president of the CHA, said it was "extremely encouraging to see the ever-decreasing rate of reoffending".

The CHA said the figures showed 15.5% of adults who received a community service sentence were reconvicted within two years by 2023, which was down from 20% in 2018.

The CHA said only 7% of adults with a prison sentence and post-custody supervision reoffended within two years by 2023, down from 24.5% in 2018.

Prow said the figures were "an excellent barometer" of how the prison service and supporting organisations were performing at rehabilitating offenders.

He said: "The numbers for the past five years, which we have published today to highlight in response to a freedom of information request, demonstrate how effective that work is proving to be."

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