Comments on: 6 Years? http://www.mailwatch.co.uk/2006/06/14/6-years/ Watching the Daily Mail Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:38:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Psychology and Crime News » Blog Archive » Prisons in the news http://www.mailwatch.co.uk/2006/06/14/6-years/comment-page-1/#comment-120504 Psychology and Crime News » Blog Archive » Prisons in the news Sun, 25 Jun 2006 11:05:21 +0000 http://www.bigdaddymerk.co.uk/mailwatchnew/?p=869#comment-120504 [...] With the tabloids here working themselves into a lather about low prison sentences, I doubt if most people will notice the voices of reason arguing that just putting more people in jail for longer is not going to help matters. The furore about sentencing overlooks the grim reality of the British penal system today, argues Robert Chesshyre in The Observer (18 June). […] The way to reduce crime is to have constructive regimes; the way to have constructive regimes is to have fewer prisoners. Prison […] embitters, hardens and (above all) often further disables thousands of (badly damaged) men and women each year. Are we a safer society more at ease with ourselves than when I first wrote about jails? As I scurry home, glancing furtively over my shoulder, I think not. [...] [...] With the tabloids here working themselves into a lather about low prison sentences, I doubt if most people will notice the voices of reason arguing that just putting more people in jail for longer is not going to help matters. The furore about sentencing overlooks the grim reality of the British penal system today, argues Robert Chesshyre in The Observer (18 June). […] The way to reduce crime is to have constructive regimes; the way to have constructive regimes is to have fewer prisoners. Prison […] embitters, hardens and (above all) often further disables thousands of (badly damaged) men and women each year. Are we a safer society more at ease with ourselves than when I first wrote about jails? As I scurry home, glancing furtively over my shoulder, I think not. [...]

]]> By: Scotty http://www.mailwatch.co.uk/2006/06/14/6-years/comment-page-1/#comment-120156 Scotty Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:27:36 +0000 http://www.bigdaddymerk.co.uk/mailwatchnew/?p=869#comment-120156 While trawling through the bile on the readers comments, I noticed that the Mail now has a dating agency. Now there's a concept. I wonder if they use different acronyms and abbreviations; no GSOH or WLTM. More BNP , WASP and the like. Also, if you are looking for extrapolation and thin content check out the story on 'Bosses' and 'Outrage' Today. While trawling through the bile on the readers comments, I noticed that the Mail now has a dating agency. Now there’s a concept.

I wonder if they use different acronyms and abbreviations; no GSOH or WLTM. More BNP , WASP and the like.

Also, if you are looking for extrapolation and thin content check out the story on ‘Bosses’ and ‘Outrage’ Today.

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