youngian
Thursday 28th July 2011 9:13pm [Edited]
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Quote: sootyj @ July 28 2011, 9:28 PM BST
Well I wouldn't mind staying there!
But seriously the absence of inhumane surroundings, combined with time may actually force him to think about his actions. It maybe a crueller punishment then one imediately thinks.
That's assuming he's found sufficently sane to stand trial.
Very low, brutal prison regimes create a perpetual criminal underclass.
They make for very dull Loius Theroux documentaries though.
Unfortunately in the UK political posturing on crime takes precedence over reducing it.
Criminals should be treated to a more enlightened rehabilitive approach, apart from the little bastard who robbed my flat last year. He should be crushing up rocks on Devil's Island.