Ranting Rita

is it me….

or has Alan Duncan, the Shadow Prisons Minister showed how “out of touch” politician’s are with us, the masses?

David Cameron appears to understand how strong the public feel about sentencing not been tough enough and how outraged we are to read about crimes committed by criminals who have had early release for “good behaviour” which is code for “we need the room!”

Alan Duncan said that the phrase Prison Works is just “repulsively simplistic” and thinking that locking them up is the answer is “Key Stage 1 Politics”.

Now, I am prepared to accept a debate on how we integrate offenders back in to society, I am fair and even minded to accept that if a person has served their “due time” for the crime, then we need to provide suitable alternatives for them so they do not have the 1 option of returning to crime.

All that said, the crucial part to gain the confidence of the public is that offenders will be punished and serve an adequate time in prison. As i have ranted before on this subject, if we are short of space in prison then we need to build more prisons. One idea is to use the labour force that is currently incarcerated and teach them the skills while building future prison buildings.

It is time that politicians starting listening to the majority and not to the small minority of liberal “do gooders” who would rather invite the criminal around for a cuppa and a chat, in their belief that they can be rehabilitated.

Or is it just me?