tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post7967313455754257942..comments2023-08-16T12:07:22.995+00:00Comments on The Daily (Maybe): Interview: Sarah Cope on prisonsJim Jeppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-77913632289584706582010-09-19T21:17:13.702+00:002010-09-19T21:17:13.702+00:00Shit!
If drugs had been decriminalized in my yout...Shit!<br /><br />If drugs had been decriminalized in my youth, the majority of my mates and I would be in pine boxes now. <br /><br />just a thought... given the mentally high number of men in prison, maybe more should be done to address their problems first...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-11953502483196046532010-09-19T19:47:42.363+00:002010-09-19T19:47:42.363+00:00"But given women make up only 6% of prisoners..."But given women make up only 6% of prisoners, so are in a system designed for men.."<br /><br />WHAT? The system is designed for CRIMINALS - period. Sex is not a material factor. <br /><br />So Miss Bennett wants equality but also wants to be treated differently. <br /><br />The words CAKE, IT and EAT spring to mind.PC Dick Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-10302286530724255582010-09-19T16:09:26.183+00:002010-09-19T16:09:26.183+00:00Green Party policy already calls for a significant...Green Party policy already calls for a significant reducation in custodial sentences for all offenders, and a focus on community penalties. <br /><br />But given women make up only 6% of prisoners, so are in a system designed for men, make up demographically and criminally a very different group, and the fact that only 5% of the 18,000 children whose mothers are jailed each year get to stay in their existing homes, there are powerful arguments for the wellbeing of society to treat them differently.<br /><br />More:<br />http://philobiblon.co.uk/?p=3453Natalie Bennetthttp://philobiblon.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-69891791706845530232010-09-19T14:32:26.897+00:002010-09-19T14:32:26.897+00:00Hi Bob, i saw this at the time - but i must get mu...Hi Bob, i saw this at the time - but i must get much better at commenting on interesting posts!<br /><br />I also thought the term 'influential' could hide a number of sins. Hitler was quite influential at certain points of the last century - I'm not going to be voting for him in any polls though!<br /><br />What i didn't notice at the time is you turned the post into a meme (apologies!) I'll have a go later.<br /><br />Georgeous: personally I think a lot (although not everything) of the the criticisms of women's prisons also apply to men's.Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-50918545635631667402010-09-19T08:58:49.849+00:002010-09-19T08:58:49.849+00:00What about men who are convicted of non-serious, n...What about men who are convicted of non-serious, non-violent crime - why should they go to prison?Georgeoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374244721657298992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-64780847714727400022010-09-18T22:55:22.894+00:002010-09-18T22:55:22.894+00:00Off topic, Jim (although you did blog about this a...Off topic, Jim (although you did blog about this a week or so back), but I've tagged you for something here:<br />http://brockley.blogspot.com/2010/09/influential-left-wingers_18.htmlbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.com