PDF - http://www.howardleague.org/press/2006/international%20imprisonment%20rates.pdf
"Not only do we send a higher proportion of our own citizens to prison than any other western European country, we also trump Turkey, Armenia and Bulgaria in the imprisonment stakes. Is this really where we want to be? We have to end this country’s obsession with custody. Prison should be reserved for serious and dangerous offenders. If we are to end the seemingly indiscriminate use of prison then the government has to promote positive efforts to deal with crime, such as community sentences, which make people take responsibility for their offending and live a law-abiding life."
