Quote Originally Posted by IainBusby View Post
The trouble is that there hasn't been enough investment in the prison system under successive governments for decades now and consequently, there isn't anywhere to put them all. We all moan about the level of tax we have to pay in this country, but I for one would be happy to pay a bit extra so that the kind of prison sentences that Keith suggests, or even harsher sentences in my opinion, could be imposed on the kind of people who commit these crimes.

Iain.
I agree with the fact there is a shortage of space, but I don't agree with having to pay more tax. I suugest they make the prisons less like 5* hotels and more like prisons, and the present budget would be ample.

I just don'e see how we can pay tax for somebody who is supposed to be being punished to allow them to live better than many hard working people or pensioners.

Until prisons are seen as a place of punishment and not just an inconvenient stage in life, there is nothing to deter them.