Round up of prison related stories
From The Times On Line
Finally — an admission that prison does work
But we need more than 100,000 prison places to beat the criminals
Theodore Dalrymple
The decision of the Government to increase the number of prison places to 100,000 is a tacit admission that the criminal justice policy of all British governments for the past half-century has been based upon lies and deceptions.
From The Guardian Comment is Free
Clash of the 'titans'
The building of giant new prisons entrenches the use of jails as social dustbins. It will backfire on ministers
and this...
I don't get Carter
Ignore the latest prisons review. More of the same policy will only produce more of the same failure
and this...
Posturing and peddling myths, these prison enthusiasts are blind to history
The planned increase in jail capacity is a disastrous admission by Labour that it expects its social programmes to fail
and finally this...
The way forward on Guantánamo
After years of ambiguity about the status of enemy combatants, the US supreme court is poised to make a crucial decision: either charge them or set them free
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
I'm just waiting for the prison hulks in the Thames and transportation to start again.
ReplyDeleteJames: Iraq would be a good destination, using prison labour to rebuild the country.
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