Post #4414050
2026-08-06 05:34 UTC
One would think that given the UK's high levels of recidivism, reducing the prison population would focus on repeat offenders, specifically:
youth work to try & reduce the number of young people embarking on a 'life of crime' (from which few escape);
rehabilitation & education in prison to help the convicted change their post-release opportunities.
But, the political 'logic' remains build more prisons, underfund youth work & cut prison education staff.
#crime #prisons #politics
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@Walrus@toot.wales 2026-08-06 10:14
@ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk I think there would be fewer young people becoming criminals if society was run in such a way that people felt satisfied that they had enough of the basic requirements for happiness. Earlier today, somebody who is now blocked told me I am stupid, and naïve, but I prefer the term idealist. There's nothing inherently wrong with Utopianism, either.