Thursday, October 13, 2005

Crime of omission / Times Online, 13 Oct 2005

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,542-1823101,00.html
"There may be a good case for extending curfews: the reoffending rate is 8 per cent. But the manner in which it is being considered is reprehensible. Ministers are being guided not by the merits of rehabilitating criminals, but to manage a prison system that is at bursting point. Thus, they are treating with contempt those into whose communities the delighted prisoners will return. "