And while I'm all stoked...

[lpetersson]

And the problem is?
No seriously, I don't get it...
Prison isn't meant to be a holiday camp, it's meant to be a place you'd rather not be...

The chief inspector's report revealed 43% of prisoners, down from 64% in 2005, said staff treated them with respect.
Excellent, it's going the right way then. I have a bit of an issue with the idea that police should respect criminals...


Ooohhh, I'm in a ranty mood now...

Comments

Re: Prison is intended as... ?

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

d) All of the above...

Ideally I would like to see all animals liberated from the cruel and terrible animal testing centres around the country (Huntingdon anyone) and have them replaced by criminals.
That way they will finally be useful to society.
We should encourage and emulate countries that take a progressive stance towards making criminals useful in society again (http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2006/07/06/1671272-cp.html)...

Re: Prison is intended as... ?

[failing-angel.livejournal.com]

As for state sanctioned murder - well, that's quite repulsive really.

Re: Prison is intended as... ?

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

In my opinion it's really no different to putting down a rabid dog...

Re: Prison is intended as... ?

[phantomsophie.livejournal.com]

lol again I agree. richard rants about this all the time in this vain.

we think that they should be put into an arena or abadonned town cordoned off, with TV cameras everywhere, and used for pay per view reality TV :P

Re: Prison is intended as... ?

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

Which I think is a fantastic idea on many levels although I don't condone crass brutality and violence.
I also suspect that might desensitise people to violence, but on the whole I do like the idea...
Mmmm, chainsaws...

Re: Prison is intended as... ?

[phantomsophie.livejournal.com]

maybe we could start a government, we'd clear up liverpool in no time, play time :P