With 75 per ‑ cent of children in the UK spending less time
outside than prison inmates (survey of 2,000 people commissioned by Persil as part of its «Dirt is Good» campaign) it's going to take more than just schools to get young people outside enough to reap the benefits; benefits that include not just self - development, but also increased academic attainment — one of the core functions of schools.
Not exact matches
It isn't within everyone's means to obtain aircraft for a
prison escape, but it's easier to get out of
prison by air
than underground: Over the past 40 years in particular, there has been trend of convicts and their partners on the
outside busting out from high security facilities in hijacked helicopters.
We now know that, in all socioeconomic groups, children raised
outside of intact two - parent families are significantly more likely
than their peers to drop out of high school, end up in
prison and experience serious psychological distress.
Justice spokesman David Howarth said: «For these offenders, effective drug treatment
outside prison will have a far greater impact on reducing future crime
than short - term
prison sentences.
Kirk used these post-Katrina shifts — driven by an
outside natural disaster rather
than internal forces such as rising poverty or gentrification — to see whether changes in the concentration of people just out of
prison affected reincarceration rates.
If the Home Office appears to be hesitant about change, it is partly because the
Prison Service has not accepted the view of most researchers that
prisons are actually riskier environments
than the
outside world.
Fifty to 83 percent of people in
prison smoke — substantially higher
than the general population
outside prison.
The time spent
outside the
prison dragged and conversations felt longer
than necessary.
Hardy discovers that, while in
prison, Carroll was covertly communicating with a network of killers in the
outside world and it quickly becomes obvious that he has more planned
than just his escape.»
Yet on average, children spend only one hour a day
outside; less
than a maximum ‑ security
prison inmate.
Also, the amount of time children spend
outside is dramatically decreasing, in fact - three quarters of UK children are spending less time outdoors
than prison inmates due to lack of green spaces and the influence of technology.
The amount of time children spend
outside is dramatically decreasing, in fact - three quarters of UK children are spending less time outdoors
than prison inmates due to lack of green spaces and the influence of technology, indicating we desperately need to reconnect our children with nature to increase their appreciation for their surroundings.
We've reached the tragic point where 74 percent of kids in the States spend less time
outside (< 30 minutes)
than the two hours recommended daily for
prison inmates.