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‘I’d steal 10-15 times a day’: ex-offenders on the addictions driving prolific shoplifting

Former shoplifters say treatment and drug rehabilitation are essential to ending cycle of theft and imprisonment

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Former shoplifters say treatment and drug rehabilitation are essential to ending cycle of theft and imprisonment Police to target 500 chronic shoplifters in retail crime crackdown in England and Wales When Rhys, 34, stole goods from shops across Birmingham, he would often leave notes for the staff apologising for his actions. “I’d feel that guilty about it.

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