Thursday, July 20, 2006

Revolving Door Prisons In The UK Too.

The UK seems to have issues with repeat offenders too and political leaders want to send millions to build new prisons. But a British charity headed by an ex-offender is putting forward a proposal.
Now he wants to build "centers of excellence" where petty criminals and ex-offenders would be able to pursue vocational training. "They will go in and train for a trade," he enthuses. "We are going to 'trade' them out of crime." Then, he says, they'll be able to find construction jobs, and use their income to pay back for their training. "So the taxpayer won't have to pay for any of it."
Seems like it's worth trying. Or we could just house them, release them, build more prisons and re-arrest them.

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