Webthe term “overcrowding” has been and continues to be widely used to refer to large numbers of inmates in penitentiary spaces that do not have the space to house. Webthe justice secretary announced plans in july to temporarily cut the proportion of sentences inmates must serve behind bars from 50% to 40%. This change in policy won’t. Weboverall, our study highlighted that institutional prison factors might have notable detrimental effects on prison life and adjustment to prison life. Webcharities and watchdogs have warned how some released prisoners often end up homeless and this can increase the risk of them reoffending.