Proposal is one of several being looked at by Ministry of Justice to address the ‘acute’ prison crisis
  • Pronell@lemmy.world
    501·
    4 months ago

    If your society has made so many things illegal that your prisons are overflowing, it’s time to seriously reconsider your priorities.

    If only the US would follow a similar path.

    • John Richard@lemmy.world
      114·
      4 months ago

      It depends where you live. In some states they release people from prison that absolutely should not be, and in others they lock up people for things like smoking marijuana. We desperately need to stop criminalizing recreational drugs or drug addiction though unless there are other criminal activity alongside it though, and focus on rehabilitation and healthcare.

  • randon31415@lemmy.world
    251·
    4 months ago

    Watch: as soon as one “immigrant” let out early does so much as jaywalk, the Tories will be all over it as if it is the end of the world and labor will backpettle immediately as if they don’t have 5 years of guaranteed rule.

  • ctkatz@lemmy.ml
    5·
    4 months ago

    how is the uk’s prisoner rehab program? because i know that policy in the us would never work because our prisons are primarily for punishment and retribution and when people are let out they are left hanging in the wind in a society who treats them less than human waste.