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