June 2, 2006
WE DO THINGS A BIT DIFFERENTLY IN PURITAN NATION....
Jail crisis puts more prisoners on streets (Richard Ford, 6/02/06, Times of London)
MINISTERS are seeking emergency powers to allow the early release of thousands of prisoners in order to relieve overcrowding in jails, The Times has learnt.Home Office officials have drafted legislation that would enable the Home Secretary to free inmates if the jail population spirals out of control.
It is the first time since the 1980s that such an option has been seriously considered by an administration.
...where the slogan is "Keep making arrets, we'll build more prisons...." Posted by Orrin Judd at June 2, 2006 8:30 AM
Comments
Why don't they just stuff them into malmsey-butts?
Posted by: ratbert at June 2, 2006 9:45 AM"Build bigger brigs"--works like magic. Produces results such as the infamous, "Crime down, despite rise in prison population."
The plan is to lock 'em up until they're too old to run fast. This is not the best way to organize a society, but it is the best way to organize a secular society.
Posted by: Lou Gots at June 2, 2006 10:32 AMSend them to those prisons we don't have in Bulgaria.
Posted by: erp at June 2, 2006 10:33 AM