And he is right.
Prison can be a deterrent and tougher sentences where appropriate can deter crime.
But prison as we have it now does not rehabilitate. If our prisons are to work we need to refocus our efforts and make them re eduction centres.
James Morton
1100-5255 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario
M2N 6P4
416 225 2777
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All very nice but show us a plan.Tell us how much it will cost.
I have seen new prisons in my area built with this philosophy in mind only to have it a dump for suicides, murder and neglect.
A big problem is drug abuse.Drugs are getting in somehow and as long as that is the case reform is impossible.
How can this be? Pierre Trudeau changed the focus in our prisons to rehabilitation in 1970 and Liberals have been in power for all but 27 of the intervening years! How the hell can our prisons be that bad if the Liberals pushed rehab for all those years? Or is this the Liberal equivalent of "get tough on crime"? No matter how good or bad it is, decrying prison and pushing for more rehabilitation and prevention just speaks to the Liberal base.
> tougher sentences where appropriate can deter crime.
What's the evidence for this?
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