The "colossal failure" of existing criminal justice policies

The Telegraph report that the prison "system" in this country is even more absurd than we had realised. Glyn Travis, the assistant general secretary of the Prison Officers' Association, is reported to have said that:

"It tells me there's something wrong in society when people are breaking into prisons to bring in drugs, but the prisoners are quite happy to stay inside.... "Prisoners receive a wage for being in prison, they receive a bed, a TV in all cells, Sky television in most areas for recreational use, free telephones, breakfast in bed on many occasions, cash bonuses for good behaviour... And prison staff are forced to deal with them in such a subservient way. It's ridiculous."

Pathetic, but then so much of what this Labour government have done to this country can be branded with that epithet.