Don't imprison their minds
Access to literature can change prisoners' lives – the Tories are wrong to advocate a restriction on books they can read
So, the Conservative party are up in arms at the news that prisoners have access to books about crime, including some actually written by criminals. Now there's a surprise – who would have imagined that some of those incarcerated for breaking the law might want to read about the doings of other miscreants?...
...Shadow justice minister Dominic Grieve thinks it "beggars belief" that books glorifying crime and violence are freely available to prisoners. Get a life Mr Grieve and please don't encourage Jack Straw to curtail any more of the few "freedoms" prisoners still enjoy. The pair of you should remember that the loss of liberty is the punishment. You'll be telling prisoners what they can and cannot think next.
Access to literature certainly changed my life for the better. John McVicar is another example who benefited, as did Jimmy Boyle and Erwin James.
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.
oh well, mystery solved - this explains the rate of reoffending... this jackass, dominic grieve, is surpassing all records for stupidity.
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