Custody, wow, there's a topic.
In all honesty short jail terms do nothing. By the time that you have
knocked time of for good behaviour, etc. there is no time to work with a
prisoner.
There was an instance in england last year where someone was sentenced to 28
days (i think or it might have been 21) on a friday afternoon and by the
time the sentence had been cut for good behaviour, etc and then an
additional cut because the prison gov doesn't accept new prisoners on a
friday evening. The defendant was free at the end of the court day.
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From: "Matt Anderson" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 3:48 PM
To: "'Richard Naef'" <[email protected]>; "'list leedslist'"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [LU] [NON LU] mmmm Drugs......
Don't get me started on this!!! Despite my largely socialist inner core I
would have a prison capacity of millions where any p1ssed up violent
little
scrotes in town centres on Saturday nights are automatically jailed for 7
days, no appeal! Drug addicts locked away, teenage chav mums or potential
mums given contraceptive implants and I'd force people to undertake and
engage with education or they get nothing from the state.
Prison reform is desperately needed as you suggest. We need to get a bit
of
community and pride back in society and that means coming down on people
like a ton of bricks when they do wrong and punishing them!
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Naef
Sent: 01 June 2010 15:20
To: 'list leedslist'
Subject: Re: [LU] [NON LU] mmmm Drugs......
You can sit at home and smoke it and fine but go to any grim
town in Britain and see the crack addicts hanging around,
f**ked up hopeless wastes of life! I would go round with a
big lorry and load them all in, and lock them up for as long
as it takes to get them physically clean and mentally
rehabilitated, maybe even provide them with basic education
or new skills so they can begin to rebuilt a sense of self
worth and live a more fulfilling life contributing to
society. It would cut crime too! They could gradually be
released into society as they showed signs of improvement
Matt its not just grim towns, its everywhere - and generally I agree of
course what you suggest would be the best way, but expensive - so if the
govt taxed my use and spent the money on that I'd be all in favour. of
course what really happens is that addicts are charged go to court, get
fines/service until the they do too many or something serious when they
get
sent to HMP, mix with other crims learn some new tricks and probably add
to
the types of drugs they are addcited to and then let out. Surprisingly
they
don't join the WI and run a cake stall at the village fayre, but most move
on to more serious crimes or die. Everyone knows this Screws, cops, beaks
etc, but not many have the honesty or strength of character to speak out
and
suggest a better way. Provided it doesn't directly impact their cosy
little
worlds they sem happy to try and contain in in the poorer areas of
society.
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