It seems that the Justice Secretary is considering the issue of "earned release" for offenders and is thinking about teaching them "a proper lesson" to help prevent re-offending.
http://news.sky.com/story/1520431/gove-wants-to-teach-prisoners-a-proper-lesson
If you remember on another thread I mentioned full jails and wondered how many inmates were re-offenders?
According to the link above, two thirds of young offenders and 45% of adult offenders will re-offend within one year of release. Shouldn't that be that they're caught within one year of release?
One young burglar broke in to a house, stole some things and the keys to a car outside and stole that too. Shortly after, he entered another house, stole some more things and the keys to the car outside. As it was a faster car, he drove off in that, drove like a lunatic and crashed. He was killed. His mate with him just ran off and left him.
When the cops found the wrecked car, they searched the (dead) body and found a jail release card, he'd been released from jail 2 days before!
An exceptional case, yes, but if he'd not crashed, how many offences would that lad have committed before he was caught again?
Surely offenders need dissuading from re-offending after being caught the first time not more-or-less getting let off as it was "their first offence". The first offence should be dealt with far more seriously?
It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.
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