The number of criminals classed by the Government as prolific has more than doubled on the estimate given two years ago by Tony Blair when he
personally launched a crackdown against them.
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Some 11,000 offenders in England and Wales are now included in the Prolific and Other Priority Offenders (PPO) strategy, and only 4,000 - fewer than half - are behind bars. They include many drug-addicted burglars, thieves and robbers, and experts believe that the 7,000 who are at liberty commit 200 crimes a year on average.
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This disclosure comes as the Government claims that crime is falling and as prisons reach their capacity and offenders are detained in police stations.
Let's face it they can't get anything right - and then they lie through their gold plated teeth about it all