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Originally Posted by kizzy
To be fair then our system is a happy medium... And still we have the homeless taking up places in jails as it provides warmth, shelter and food (better than your average primary school)...
If we had norways model that would increase in my opinion...Lets keep prisons for real criminals and help our homeless off the streets.
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That's a another thing though: we all have very different opinions on what we regard as 'real criminals'.
If people were adequately punished for any crime: they'd learn and wouldn't want to re-offend - but as you can see: it doesn't put them off for very long.
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Half of prisoners commit new offences within a year of release.
Mr Clarke said prisons were not “delivering as they should” and that the public were right to be alarmed that prisoners often just spend their days in their cell watching television.
Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Mr Clarke said: “The public wants a penal system that properly punishes offenders, and protects the law-abiding citizen.
“Yet, our prisons are not delivering as they should
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...full-time.html
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