tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611367906675631847.post8523487006440408701..comments2023-04-05T14:39:09.567+01:00Comments on Sex, Drugs and Comic Books: A sledgehammer to crack a walnutTimTruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11980759779084868041noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611367906675631847.post-47110829113100238072008-06-19T08:38:00.000+01:002008-06-19T08:38:00.000+01:00It's quite an achievement for our 'tough-on-crime'...It's quite an achievement for our 'tough-on-crime' Government - upping the prison population at a stroke by packing our already overcrowded jails with people who have never harmed another human being and would never do so, just for reading. This is one giant step backwards for a group whose mantra was "education, education, education", but the reality of "repress, deprive, criminalise" probably works better for the focus groups right now. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, maybe this is Government being <I>clever</I>. Our Great Leader and his Darling have done the sums for improving education in prisons (currently pathetically under-resourced, considering it's one of the most effective ways to limit re-offending) and decided that the best way to improve educational standards inside is to <B>get more clever people in there</B>, thus pushing up the averages. It makes sense, in the unhinged world that is Government thinking.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps it'll turn out to be like all those other NuLabour initiatives and get quietly forgotten once the media launch is over, but if not, at least we'll have some good company inside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com