Quote Originally Posted by christopher leigh View Post
The whole point to prison is to punish offenders.
Not the whole point. Surely you'd want some attempts at rehabilitation? Also you'd like to prevent re-offending.

Anyway. Interesting though this little side discussion is into the reasons for prisons, I think we should clear the way for the deluge of posts on Nick Griffin's imminent appearance on Question Time.

I fear most of us will be disappointed - he seems pretty media-savy. I think he'll raise lots of sensible objections to the current system as a way to show the public how the BNP represent their concerns. I suspect he'll neatly side-step any direct questions on, for example, the BNP's policy of repatriation.