More prisons are not the answer
Instead of pumping more public money into prisons, we should invest in education, health, and community programmes
Politicians rarely agree publicly about crime and punishment. But today the justice select committee presents a united view on how to cut crime. Following a substantive two-year inquiry, it states that the next government, of whichever stripe, must invest in prevention and rehabilitation instead of pouring scarce public monies into an unsustainable prison building programme.
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.
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