We currently bang up 86000 people, double the number under the not-soft Thatcher regime. 50% re-offend. It is madness to persist in this.
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That's interesting. If you look at suspended sentences there is 9% less reoffending, but you might make same argument, I suppose.
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it can't be classed as reoffending if you don't go to prison in the first place.pic.twitter.com/QBl74BRJu5
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That's absolutely right, but doesn't entirely explain the correlation. For many prisoners money could be better spent.
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most have already been failed by parents, schools & social services. Wish the money had been spent sooner.
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Typical JHB, calling for the return of the priorities of the Blair Government.
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ha! Well, I did vote for him...
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BTW, I'm also tough on the causes of TV quiz shows.
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Floggings? Rock breaking? Sleep deprivation?
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the punishment system can affect some people all their lives regarding work & travel 4 smoking some weed
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with a system that still sends people to prison for non-payment of tv licences, then we have a problem.
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people imprisoned on short terms have mostly been given opportunities to comply with community punishment and haven't.
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the system has also decided in its wisdom that ex offenders r unemployable, thats a lot of bored misfits on the streets
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some homeless people decide 2 go 2 jail 4 the winter because its better than being on the streets in the cold
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unfairness making disgruntled prisoners affecting friends & family could create many anti police state people.
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fair cop, not give us your money...
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can't we do a deal with the French and rent Devils Island? Whack the worst offenders there and rebuild guillotine?
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