The Southport Enquiry

90-95% of people in prison don't have autism. So plenty of non-autistic people cause trouble. No one wants to lock all them up.

While autism may make you prone to certain things, there are many other factors at play.

I wouldn't worry.

Autistic people are more a risk to themselves than to others. 

90-95% of people in prison don't have autism. So plenty of non-autistic people cause trouble. No one wants to lock all them up.

While autism may make you prone to certain things, there are many other factors at play.

I wouldn't worry.

Autistic people are more a risk to themselves than to others. 

Stuart333 said:

90-95% of people in prison don't have autism.

The truth seems quite different:

From The Journal of Clinical & Medical Images - Case Reports document called:
Autism in prison: Perspective on the current scenario:

https://jcmimagescasereports.org/article/JCM-V5-1783.pdf

Around fifty percent of people in prison have a neurodiverse condition.

I asked a detective I was working with once about this and he said that a lot of it is because neudivergent people are more prone to being led on by those with bad intentions - in essence we are often gullible and too trusting.

The system does not always take into account what the causes of our gullibility are, just that the crime was committed, the person admits it and it is a good crime closure statistic for the police so they are willing to let it stick.

That is true Stuart, plus they are more at risk of being abused by others.