Interestingly for social conservatives and particularly for women, support for community sentencing increases where a prison backstop is included - meaning failure to comply turns a community sentence into a prison one.

Review’s rec to sentence more offenders outside of prison lines up with public mood - 3 in 5 want to see community sentencing for some offenders currently sent to prison. Driven both by empathy around causes of crime + desire for offenders to contribute and pay their own way.

Brits are unconvinced today’s prisons are effective - only 1 in 5 think prison makes someone less likely to reoffend. Strikingly, more believe it increases the chance of offending.