The "debate" thread

[Niall]

Something that I've not seen (although I might have missed it) is to correct the prison system. I know somebody mentioned US style sentencing, and I agree but that's only part of it.

For instance, if someone comes to this country from country A, and commits a crime, we send them back to country A. Why should we pay for that person to stay here in a UK prison? Send them back to where ever they came from. If things were so bad in the country they came from then they would have thought twice about coming here and committing a crime.

And those who do end up in a UK prison, why the f*ck should they get TV/games rooms/gyms etc? There are people who would love to have access to those things, and work their arses off to keep these prisoners in the lap of luxury. Feck'em I say. Get them peeling potatoes for 14 hours a day, or breaking boulders, or some other meaningless task. We could in fact get them cooking for the homeless, or mending clothes for them or something. That way it would discourage people from committing crime, and would mean more useful members of society, and less of a drain on the economy.

Oh, and of course the sentencing needs to be a hell of a lot tougher! None of this out for good behaviour, if you're in for 5 years, you serve 5 years.

I think part of fixing the prison service starts with the education service. Schooling isnt just to teach kids to add up or spell England well good but it should be to prepare you to start in the real world and this includes seeing what is and right and why we have laws. I do genuinely believe that a lot of these people about my age and younger who genuinely have no fear of the justice system dont have because of the way they were brought up. Education should be stricter and you should also be allowed to slap your own children (and misses when needed e.g leaving the kitchen). When it comes down to it, young children are like animals. They dont understand the gravity of their wrong doings through words but everyone regardless of age realises pain.