When women go to jail, we all pay / Scotsman, 27 Jul 2005

http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1689932005
Lucie Russell
"In Scotland, 72 per cent are re-convicted within four years of release from jail. Most of the time, putting women in prison doesn't make us safer, and it costs us, the taxpayers, a lot of money. Questioning the need for prison for non-violent criminals isn't soft-hearted, it's hard-headed. "