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The number of Jews in prison has increased by 82 per cent since 2002, nearly four times more than the national rate, the JC can reveal. Ministry of Justice figures show that as of June this year, there are currently 327 people registered as Jewish incarcerated in jails in England and Wales. This is nearly double the equivalent figure 13 years ago, when there were 179 Jewish inmates.
The overall prison population has gone up by 21 per cent in the same period, to 86,300.
This disproportionate rise is further emphasised by census statistics, which show that the number of Jews in England and Wales went up from 2001 to 2011 by 3,419 — or 1.3 per cent.
The most common crime Jews were convicted of was violence against another person, with nearly one-third of convicts serving time for the offence. This is more than twice the rate in the general population, which stands at 13 per cent.
According to Rabbi Michael Binstock, director of Jewish Prison Chaplaincy, the figures undermined the stereotype that Jewish offenders were more likely to be guilty of so-called white-collar crimes.
Pentonville Prison, London (Picture: PA)
Rabbi Binstock, who also acts as Jewish faith advisor to the Prison Service, said: “The myth is they’re all there for fraud, which is untrue. We have a lot of sex offenders, paedophiles and abusers, and several serving life for murder — the full gamut of crime, in fact.”
Huge leap in number of Jews behind bars | The Jewish Chronicle
He sounds quite proud of the diversity of jewish crimes
The overall prison population has gone up by 21 per cent in the same period, to 86,300.
This disproportionate rise is further emphasised by census statistics, which show that the number of Jews in England and Wales went up from 2001 to 2011 by 3,419 — or 1.3 per cent.
The most common crime Jews were convicted of was violence against another person, with nearly one-third of convicts serving time for the offence. This is more than twice the rate in the general population, which stands at 13 per cent.
According to Rabbi Michael Binstock, director of Jewish Prison Chaplaincy, the figures undermined the stereotype that Jewish offenders were more likely to be guilty of so-called white-collar crimes.
Pentonville Prison, London (Picture: PA)
Rabbi Binstock, who also acts as Jewish faith advisor to the Prison Service, said: “The myth is they’re all there for fraud, which is untrue. We have a lot of sex offenders, paedophiles and abusers, and several serving life for murder — the full gamut of crime, in fact.”
Huge leap in number of Jews behind bars | The Jewish Chronicle
He sounds quite proud of the diversity of jewish crimes
