Claim: About 46% of prisoners and 60% of those on short sentences re-offend within a year of release.
Fact-check: How many prisoners re-offend within a year of release? - Full Fact
Verdict: this is correct for england and wales as of march 2014. the overall rate of proven re-offending has remained stable for the past decade.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2016-02-08T00:00:00