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Paulb
As your aware i'm never frightened t put my head up and argue my corner.
sometimes people dont like to hear my view and thats fine, but the forum i believe has grown from its early days.
but getting back to the thread
paulb
the problem all govts face is that the prisons are full and so like the govt before it, this govt is also releasing prisoners of so called small crime.
there are a number of problems with this;
including;
people committing small crime know they will be unlikely to be jailed, of course if small crimes go unpunished these can become a license to try bigger crime
releasing prisoners committed of crimes sends out wrong signals
thing is, with the prisons full, room has to be made for bigger crimes, so releasing small time criminals is this govts view at this time.
of course, if you had the unhappy experience of someone raiding your house, getting caught, then as good as released would you be happy?
everyone states send them to prison, which in reality isnt the answer, many more serious crimes should go to jail, but we should look at alternatives for small time criminals
then of course we have the evidence that jailing people also doesnt work just takes people off the street for a while, but at a very big cost to me and you.
theres lot more to debate on this one
theres my starter for ten lol
