Prisons set for new crisis
Posted on Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 by Home Office WatchCategory: Prison
Bad news in today’s Telegraph: the prisons crisis is upon us again, despite a major early-release programme introduced in July.
Ministers are facing a new prison population crisis despite ordering the early release of thousands of inmates. Campaigners say they expect the population to climb back to a new record high within days.
Sorry to sound like a stuck record, but when will they accept it’s time for a whole new approach to prison, with a focus on rehabilitation instead of mass incarceration?
Or do they actually like spending more on crime and punishment than anyone in the OECD? (see Figure 3 on page 20)
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August 15th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
The failings of the prison service also dealt with in this story in The Observer “Jail drug dealing ‘will rise’ under leaked plans to end cell checks” - http://observer.guardian.co.uk.....98,00.html