"We don't argue this to be controversial or because we are on the side of the criminal. We argue this because our sole focus as a charity is to reduce crime and reduce the number of victims of crime. If prison were the answer to high reoffending rates, particularly for acquisitive crime, we would argue for more prisons. But the evidence clearly points us in the opposite direction."

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jul/16/longer-prison-sentences-civitas