The sentencing of prolific offenders can pose particular problems. When these offenders have pages of
shoplifting convictions custody can be the only option when our duty of public
protection is considered. The vast
majority of such people owe their offending
to a life blighted by alcohol and/or drug addiction. In a rational system of health and justice
the right of society to supercede the rights of the individual to the
benefit of both would be a no brainer.
Every government parrots the mantra of rehabilitation and the need to
keep offenders out of prison. Yet when
it comes to dealing with those such as this woman we are like a swimmer
splashing about in a sea of custard going nowhere but making a huge noise and
spraying the goo everywhere. Compulsory
treatment at a drying out centre under strict confined medical control is the
only humane way for the scourge of criminally funded addiction to be controlled and eventually
minimised and eliminated. The Priory
Clinic does it for those who have the money.
Surely the state has no less a duty to us all, addicted offenders and
citizens of good character alike, to do
it for the common good? Banning entry to
Tesco`s or any other retailer is p****** into the wind.
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