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Now, can a group of bright young minds solve a really big and naughty problem? It's episode 3. of the

notty problem. It's episode 3 of The Fix.

Hello and welcome to The Fix. Hello and welcome to the Fix. Today we have another three teams of the

country's brightest young minds and this week our teams are going to be asked for

ideas to stop people from re-offending when they leave prison. for

for many offenders, prisons have a revolving door.

They leave and it's not all that long before they're back inside again.

Just under half of prisoners will re-offend within before they're back inside again.

Just under half of prisoners will re-offend

within 12 months of being released.

And that rises to 60% for those given short-term prison sentences.

So what can we do to stop this happening? That's the

question teams that you have to answer. But the thing is that none of you are

necessarily experts in reoffending.

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