Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on October 11, 2024, 08:52:49 AM
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It's almost hilarious that Badenoch blames the labour Govt for the problems in prisons after 14 years of Tories. And Jenrick obviously goes down the route that the increases in sentencing haven't worked, so let's solve it by increasing sentences.
Gauke wrote an article in July about why he was rejoining the Tory Party, and when the result of the vote being Badenoch v Jenrick came out, tweeted that that had been £39 wasted.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgx01wyprzo
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No doubt there will.be witless maunderings from the Tory Party about how the govt is soft on crime, with the Torirs have created the utter mess the prison service is in England and Wales.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly6y67dkpzo
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There has, of course, been evidence from some other European countries about a different approach being much, much better in terms of recidivism and also in terms of human dignity for the actual prisoners:
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-some-european-prisons-are-based-dignity-instead-dehumanization
Unfortunately, the UK has largely failed to adopt these measures and continues to follow a more American approach to punishment.
Without very significant investment, we are unlikely to see the kind of change necessary for a transformation of this type to take place.
Also, the dear old internet with its growing table of bigoted drunkards in the corner would make the serious conversations needed about adopting such an approach ever more problematic.