evidence: Almost half of criminals released from a prison in 2018 re-offended within one year, research from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows. [...] Just under half of individuals released from a custodial sentence in 2018 re-offended within one yearhttps://t.co/tgnaaaXSUU #CSOIreland #Ireland #Crime #RecordedCrime #CrimeStatistics #CrimeStats #PrisonReoffending pic.twitter.com/Wkb2IQt3LG [...] CSO statistician Felix Coleman said: "In 2015, 62% of individuals released from custody were linked to a re-offending incident within three years of their release with the most frequent re-offending offence type relating to theft and related offences.