[user104658]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

I guess they'll just have to let the dangerous criminals walk free, oh wait ...they already do that .

They could do the sensible thing and change all of the non-violent criminals to non-custodial sentences i.e. appropriate restrictions on other activity and curfews.

No reason at all for people who aren't a risk to others. There's a distinct lack of imagination in the system IMO. e.g. those guilty of incitement via social media etc, whack them with a 9pm curfew and a lengthy ban on using the internet for anything other than official purposes (e.g. benefits claims and banking). If they get caught using social media then large fines. If they continue, THEN prison.

And stop putting people in cells for ridiculous stuff like minor benefit fraud or council tax evasion . The cost is ridiculous.