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Re: Labour Government 2024 - ?

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 3:46 pm
by Tubby Isaacs
I mean, fine in principle. But do we have the probation officers for this?


Re: Labour Government 2024 - ?

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 9:20 pm
by kreuzberger
Well, if you work on the proven principle that prison is usually a terrible idea, these ideas would look like a step in the right direction unless you are trying to sell newspapers.

If someone could have a word in the shell-like of the vase carriers, the country would be saved a fortune in tears. Has that Timpson chap been stepping to the fore yet?

Re: Labour Government 2024 - ?

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 9:51 pm
by Tubby Isaacs
I expect Timpson approves strongly of this, even though David Gauke did the original report.

Prison is an excellent idea for some people, it's just that actual prisons are usually bad, particularly what are called local prisons, which hoover up most of the criminals in an area. That includes some people for very serious offences, because few get sent to specialized high security prisons, but also lots of people who aren't particularly dangerous. It would be good maybe if these two groups could maybe be imprisoned in separate jails.