Two decades of politicians playing the law and order ‘arms race’ have brought a criminal justice crisis to the UK.
Especially when it comes to our young - where we're ultimately creating more of the very thing we fear... criminals.
Despite an all-time high for re-offending rates, despite prisons at bursting point - we plan to keep on building and continue to incarcerate more young people than any other country in Western Europe.
The public's fear of youth crime bears little relation to reality and the young are more demonised, more alienated and more easily caught in a self-fulfilling prophesy of our own making...
….The Fear Factory
With funding from The Nationwide Foundation, three Third Sector agencies came together to commission this film, Safer Wales Ltd, Construction Youth Trust and Addaction. We all work intensively with young people who are either offenders or at risk of offending, to break the cycles of vulnerabilities, and prevent re-offending.
As Chair of Trustees of Safer Wales Ltd. I am really proud of this film which is uniting a range of otherwise very diverse agencies and becoming a catalyst for long-overdue action.
Please take a look at The Fear Factory Website and Blog
http://www.thefearfactory.co.uk/
- and add your weight to the campaign either by simply following the blog or, if you represent an interested organisation, by joining the Coalition.
We are currently discussing the broadcast of The Fear Factory with UK National Broadcasters.
