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The number of inmates in England and Wales' jails should be cut by a third, and the money saved put into community penalties, a report by MPs has said.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8457554.stm
A reasonable idea or another example of putting Joe Public at risk to save money? What happens if the money 'promised' for these 'community programmes' is gradually eroded as tends to happen in all sorts of areas? Much harder to close a prison quietly than to sneakily trim a few quid off some community programmes budget I'd have thought. I'd love to think this could work but somehow....