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frogstamper · 28-05-2008, 22:48

Even though I don't want the likes of that ego-maniac self promoting sheriff in the UK, I do agree our sentencing policy needs an overhaul. To many people are losing faith in our justice system, firstly the sending to prison of people for non payment of fines should stop, it's pointless, non fine payers can be dealt with via community service. This would free up places so people who needed to be in prison stayed there, when a judge hands down a sentence, eg two years, you serve two years, if while inside you behave and make an effort to reform you could get up to 10% of your sentence commuted, not 50%.

Friends of mine work in a category A prison, and one of their many gripes is that the youngsters can miss breakfast and lay in bed till 10am or 11am, the youngsters especially should be made to attend breakfast and have some structure brought into their lives. Where as apparently most of the older prisoners want to work, so as to combat the boredom and earn a few bob very few of the younger ones are interested. I think some sort of work or education should be compulsory, laying on your bunk watching telly shouldn't be an option, in a lot of cases this is what a lot of them do whilst at home I suspect, so when they are released nothing has changed.

As most people have probably noticed from my previous posts I'm quite liberal in my views, but that doesn't mean I want these poor little lambs to have an experience equal to a holiday whilst in prison, I'd like to see something done that's not only beneficial for the prisoner whilst inside, but also for society. The punishment in prison is loss of freedom, it makes no sense to go the American sheriffs route by basically humiliating them, all that does is breed contempt, so as when its time for release your putting another angry young man on the streets who according to statistics will go back to crime. It may make Daily Mail readers happy in the short term, but the goal has to be turning these mostly young men into worthwhile contributing members of society.

28-05-2008, 22:48	#54
frogstamper Inactive Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Brighton Age: 61 Services: VIP Posts: 3,705	Re: We need this guy to run the country. Even though I don't want the likes of that ego-maniac self promoting sheriff in the UK, I do agree our sentencing policy needs an overhaul. To many people are losing faith in our justice system, firstly the sending to prison of people for non payment of fines should stop, it's pointless, non fine payers can be dealt with via community service. This would free up places so people who needed to be in prison stayed there, when a judge hands down a sentence, eg two years, you serve two years, if while inside you behave and make an effort to reform you could get up to 10% of your sentence commuted, not 50%. Friends of mine work in a category A prison, and one of their many gripes is that the youngsters can miss breakfast and lay in bed till 10am or 11am, the youngsters especially should be made to attend breakfast and have some structure brought into their lives. Where as apparently most of the older prisoners want to work, so as to combat the boredom and earn a few bob very few of the younger ones are interested. I think some sort of work or education should be compulsory, laying on your bunk watching telly shouldn't be an option, in a lot of cases this is what a lot of them do whilst at home I suspect, so when they are released nothing has changed. As most people have probably noticed from my previous posts I'm quite liberal in my views, but that doesn't mean I want these poor little lambs to have an experience equal to a holiday whilst in prison, I'd like to see something done that's not only beneficial for the prisoner whilst inside, but also for society. The punishment in prison is loss of freedom, it makes no sense to go the American sheriffs route by basically humiliating them, all that does is breed contempt, so as when its time for release your putting another angry young man on the streets who according to statistics will go back to crime. It may make Daily Mail readers happy in the short term, but the goal has to be turning these mostly young men into worthwhile contributing members of society.