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Originally Posted by cashman
no need to build more prisons, just adequate sentences are required, P.D. or Hard Labour should be re-introduced fer violent/persistant scumbags, agree wi bringing back Borstals etc for younger offenders, a great example of the soft soap approach was on the news tonight, "Venables" the inquiry said he would have had to be under supervision 24 hrs a day to prevent the murdering sod downloading child porn, n that wasn't viable cos it was too expensive,  no mention at all that this piece of crap Should Not Have Been Released in the first place. |
Agree with the adequate sentence thing ... I like the idea of a judge being able to declare someone a "dangerous offender" and face real life ... no chance of parole, subject of course to appeal. And I really agree that a lot of thought has to be given to young offenders; it's a big issue over here too. Am I to understand that inmates in UK gaols have access to the internet
The other stuff: well, I know that it doesn't work, or, more precisely, it hasn't worked up till now and I suspect it never will. But if it makes folks feel better, and deflects their attention from the fact that the economy is going down the tubes, go for it.