Prison could be good for you
By Ann Widdecombe
Making prisoners do a full day's work every weekday, for real wages, would impart skills and reduce re-offending
The question: What good is prison?
The link above is for the Guardian series, and the link below for this article
"In my view, prison serves two purposes, one well and one badly. The one it serves well is keeping villains off the streets and the one it serves badly is making sure that they leave prison less likely to offend..."
2 comments:
why do prison ministers only see the light once they have left office? Widdecome defended what she now criticises when she was in office. Perhaps she can now begin with an apology?
prisonguru,
Did she defend the 'negative' or the 'positive' ??
By the same token, Brown's apology for 'conning'those he's paid to serve is long overdue - causing three generational taxpayer debt and robbing pension funds for starters.
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