New head of Supreme Court blames Government for overcrowded prisons
"Controversial public protection sentences and inadequate penal funding have combined to drive up the record numbers of people being kept in prisons, the president of the new Supreme Court has warned.
Lord Phillips, who next month leads a panel hearing the first case to go before the court, said under-resourcing was "a very serious problem" facing prisons in England and Wales and he renewed his call for a greater use of community alternatives to jail.
This month the prison population hit a record high of 84,442, despite more than 60,000 inmates benefiting from an early release scheme introduced in June 2007".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/sep/24/jailed-veteran-servicemen-outnumber-troops
ReplyDeleteThis is one example John...these people need help not prison...remember also these troops in Iraq were given vaccines for god knows what. These could be the Side effects...But who cares, lock um up and forget about them..
Too many are locked up....yep! may be there is some more room in the portuguese prisons?
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You should see the US prisons.....simply revolting