Ann Widdecombe: Does Prison Work?

Ann Widdecombe speaking in 2000 said prison works because “When people are locked up they can’t commit any further crime”.

Further points included:

• Prison does not do anything like as much as it should to prevent crime

• It only defers crime, it does not solve it

• Rehabilitating offenders was not some wet liberal extra, it is necessary

• If people spend any length of time in prison they should not leave without being able to read and write

• Self financing prison workshops were the way forward

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