A Scottish prison will give its young offenders vitamins to try to control their criminal behavior, according to the Scotsman. Scientists from Oxford will run the study, which will be designed based on previous research that showed success with vitamins.
In a previous experiment involving 231 inmates at Aylesbury YOI, Buckinghamshire, Gesch's team noted remarkable results.
A group whose diet had been enriched committed an average of 26 per cent fewer violations of the prison code than before the experiment began. Serious breaches - which usually involved an element of violence - dropped by 37 per cent.
The Soil Association's Food for Life Project has seem similar results with school kids. Says a spokeswoman for the organization:
"Every school we are involved with has shown an improvement in behaviour and attention span in pupils who have a greater nutritional intake. There is no reason why this can't apply too to young offenders."
