40% of people released from prison re-offend within one year

Over half of people released from jail in 2020 on public order offences, burglary, property damage, theft and robbery, extortion or hijacking offences all re-offended within a year.

More than 40% of people released from prison in 2020 re-offended within one year of their release, new figures show.

The Central Statistics Office’s data on prison re-offending shows that for 18-25-year-olds, 60% of them re-offended within a year when released in 2020.