"John Rowland" wrote in message
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Phil McGlass wrote:

Prison does work in that it keeps ne'er-do-wells out of circulation.
It's when they are released that the problems arise.

That's like saying jumping off the top of a building is perfectly safe,
the problems only arise when you hit the ground.


Indeed. Don't these Daily Mail readers make you laugh! I am anything but a
liberal with crime and punishment, but they seem to think that the answer to
everything is to lock people up. Executing anyone guilty of anything more
horrendous than a parking fine would at least be honest!

Brian.