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It may be time to rethink releasing jail inmates

Experts do say in this paper's report that not all criminals reoffend or it would be incorrect to make a sweeping judgement like once a criminal, always a crimina

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This paper ran a front-page report about criminals, who were let out of jail to prevent crowded conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, offending once again.

While the police may have had to let the criminals out because they had few options, we will also have to be very wary of the threat of recidivism which is the tendency of a criminal to repeat an offence.

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