Claim: Criminals are sent to jail only after committing 55 offences.
Fact-check: Context is needed in this article about offences committed prior to prison sentences - Full Fact
Verdict: this is misleading. in prison sentences of less than six months, the average number of previous offences was 60 for females and 57 for males. this includes offences that have previously resulted in a prison sentence and the figures may count the same people more than once.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Kate Lewis
Date published: 2020-03-05T00:00:00