Friday, February 21, 2025

NO. NO! NO!! NO!!! We haven't been 'tough on crime' in the last 75 crime-riddled years!

 Labour has laid the groundwork for jailing fewer criminals with a new report blasting longer prison terms as a ‘knee-jerk’ reaction.

An official review of sentencing policy said a ‘tough on crime narrative’ adopted by successive governments had left the justice system on ‘the brink of collapse’.

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood launched the review in October 

with a remit to ‘explore tougher punishments outside of prison’, 

including house arrest.

Blogger: I was a JP and know what I'm talking 
about. 25 years ago we had been 
under-imprisoning for 50 years - we have 
given so many criminals a virtually free pass 
for decades.
No proper punishment = no deterrent effects = huge amounts of extra crime.
Non-custodial sentences do NOT work. The only
 people who respond to soft sentencing are the 
very, very few who actually want to reform!
I have seen far too many thugs come out of 
courts laughing uproariously when prison has 
not been awarded for sickening offences.
Our justice system is a joke - hijacked by 
mindless liberals who think that the so-called
 'rights' of criminals are far more important 
than living in a virtually crime-free society 
like Singapore!