I agree 100% carotino...and, none of this less time for good behaviour shit either, or pandering to them once they 'find God'...

good behaviour ma arse   if they were good they wouldnt be in jail in the first place . bring back  death penalty , maybe a deterrant for some offenders but i agree prison is too soft

No death penalty. We can never ever trust every conviction as safe, so no.

What's worse? Conspiring and getting caught or actually killing someone?

I know. I'm thick.

Bring back the stocks and give people somewhere to throw their rotten veggies....

i think now adays  with DNA  certainty ,,  death penalty ............ and while i'm on a rant  bring back national service

you not on facebook?

Ans, whilst criminals are behind bars, no privileges such as games consoles etc. No stupid appeals costing the taxpayer millions, no benefits whilst behind bars and definately no pleas to be able to vote and such as it breaches their Human Rights...just a cell, and exercise yard and a couple of hours 'recreation' time a day......

I don't think asking for the death penalty and National Service is the answer. Parents need to rediscover responsibility for their children, Teachers need to do their job without worrying about how to behave around pupils, Police need to be able to tell youngsters off without worry about retribution. Finding the adhesive of family and extended family again. Those are the remedies to our society IMHO.

Well said Cologne.

sadly in my community it is children  (junkies)  having children   ...........what are they going to learn ?   the 9yrs old kids i know are more drug savvy than me !!

Agree with you cologue! We need to look at what is going wrong in our society and there is a lot going wrong I'm afraid! We need to ask the question why?

Well, IMO, it's because no one takes responsibility for their own actions.  Parents don't take responsibility for their children, because the government will take it.  Yet the government won't take responsibility for it's own actions either.

People in power keep banging on about prison being there to "rehabilitate" prisoners. They seem to have forgotten that that is a secondary element - the prime purpose of jail is to PUNISH.

Because our jails are overflowing, everyone from politicians to penal reform groups say this is because we're jailing "too many" people. Actually, it's because the number of prison places has not kept pace with the growth of population in Britain.

There aren't enough cells because (durrr) THERE AREN'T ENOUGH CELLS! Build more jails and, while you're at it, remove all the tellies, games consoles, etc, to leave more room for bunks. And then make sure the worst in our society (killers, rapists, etc) stay there for a very long time.