Sunday, July 23, 2006

Get tough? Get real, Mr Reid / Guardian Blog, 21 Jul 2006

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Yvonne Roberts
"Prison doesn't work. What does is investment in local communities; more projects to engage young people in ways they find attractive; an understanding of the patterns of differences in young offenders; holistic support for the newly released and a penal system that does more than incubate young men so some are guaranteed to hatch into wrongdoers. Get tough? Get real, Mr Reid - if you want to do your job properly."