Re: New Government Getting Tough on Crime
Hi
We have the highest Prison Population in Europe and a huge reoffending rate.
The system is not working.
We should learn from others, who have a very different approach to the UK.
Their systems work, ours do not.
This not going to be popular, but here goes.
We have far too many people in Prison.
Most are Social Inadequates and Alcohol or Drug Addicted.
No more new prisons, new compulsory Rehab Centres.
Solve the root of the problem.
Other Countries have them, high security and forced Rehab, a very strict no drugs regime and it gets them off drug dependency.
This removes a vast amount of muggings, house breaking etc to get money for drugs.
When released they have to live in controlled accommodation, subject to daily tests.
They can only move out when they have a job and been drug free.
Our current system of a short sentence and then releasing them back onto the streets simply does not produce results.
When I was working my staff used to go to Police Intelligence Briefings.
We knew when the prolific offenders, mostly drug addicts, were released and where to.
There would then be a spike in crime to feed their habit, until they where caught again, round and round in Circles.
A complete nonsense, a waste of time and money.
Putting them into Prison just allows them to come into contact with others and learn new criminal skills.
Now, our problem with drugs and smuggled mobile phones in Prison.
We stop open visiting, no physical contact between Prisoners and visitors.
It works, it does not stop everything, but it does stop the vast amount of the problem.
Minor Offences.
A Prison Sentence to some is a badge of Honour, sad but true.
On some estates you have no street cred if you have not been inside.
This is not good, there is an alternative.
Humiliate them
Any sentence of six months or less is abolished.
Community service instead.
This means orange uniforms and cleaning the streets, removing graffiti etc 8 in the morning until 5 at night, done locally to send a message to others.
This is what happens.
If they do not turn up, into Prison for the night and out working the next day in orange and their sentence is doubled.
They soon learn.
Now the real Criminals, the Dealers
Sentences to be doubled, minimum term, no chance of release.
Our present system of increasing sentences due to the proceeds of Crime is a Nonsense.
It needs to be much harsher.
I personally know one who had his sentence increased by 3 years because of hiding assets.
He thought it was a joke, staying in gives me £250k a year Tax Free.
Sod that for a game of Marbles.
The high level Criminals use mobiles to continue to run their Empires from Prison.
We have the technology to block all mobiles in Prisons, it is not that expensive, we should go for it.
As regards the really dangerous ones.
Life means life, kiddie fiddlers, rapists, terrorists, murderers get 99 years, no chance of Parole.
We are a rich, highly advanced Country, we can do this.
We are paying the Polish a Mint to keep one of our most Dangerous Terrorists.
I will not post the annual cost, because Twinks and others could have a Heart Attack.
Teresa May turned this down.
Boris is playing to the Gallery.
The problem can be resolved at 25% of the cost.