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| Justice secretary signals more punitive approach |
| By The Guardian |
| Published: 10/27/2008 |
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UNITED KINGDOM - Jack Straw, the justice secretary, today signalled a more punitive approach to prisons by attacking the "criminal justice lobby" for putting the needs of offenders before those of victims. In a speech on prison policy to the Royal Society of Arts, Straw said it was time to reclaim the "unfashionable" language of punishment and reform and make clear that the justice system is there to serve victims and the law-abiding majority first. Straw said that ditching jargon in favour of terms in plain English - offenders, sentencers, victims and communities - "did not mean a return to the Victorian notions of dealing with crime, nor did it mean treating offenders inhumanely". The government had a duty to reform as well as punish offenders, he said. This included providing the drug-treatment support and education programmes needed by many of those who ended up in prison either on drugs or without basic literacy skills. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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