Do Women's Prisons Work?

It's the £1.7billion question...

Well, that was the cost of female offending in 2015 - 16. 

With a high suicide rate and the majority of inmates serving short sentences under six months - is there evidence jail can do more harm than good?

Reporter Emma Reid has been exploring the issue.

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