Cork-Kerry region has highest number of people reoffending after being freed from prison

The vast majority of probation-breaches — just under two thirds, or 65% — occurred under just three categories of crime: drugs, public order offences, and theft.

The highest number of people reoffending after being freed from prison on probation is in the Cork-Kerry region, where 31% of individuals committed crimes after their release.

The CSO has also revealed almost one probationer in two will commit, and be convicted of, an offence within three years of their release.