Apparently there’s this foolishness emanating from the BritGov and its new (Marxist) Prone Monster:
Andy Burnham’s review into the prisons early release scheme will be conducted in the “coming days and weeks” and decisions need to be made “very quickly”, a Labour minister has said.
Under the new Sentencing Act set to come into force in September, some 6,000 criminals were due to be released under the early prison release scheme, but the Prime Minister on Thursday paused the plans and ordered an urgent review.
That’s because among the 6,000 would-be releasees are a pair of cop-killers — and needless to say, this eventuality has created a serious stir, even among the normally-passive Brits.
Under changes in the Sentencing Act, some offenders were set to be let out of prison after serving a third of their sentence, rather than half, in a bid to ease prison overcrowding.
Hell, I have a problem with that “half”, let alone a third because the Brits have appallingly-low sentences for serious crimes to start off with. When attempted murder gets seven years (I watched one such example on a TV documentary, a few nights back), that would mean his effective sentence is barely two years. For attempting to kill someone — in the one I watched, he stabbed the victim fourteen times, and only a miracle saved the victim’s life.
Frankly, I’m not at all sympathetic towards the moans about “overcrowding”, particularly when I see how the folks in El Salvador handle their violent criminal population:
And if we all feel strongly about this — and I’m pretty sure we do — allow me to offer a solution to their overcrowding problem:
Now I know that many are against the death penalty, and for once I’m going to be a little sympathetic to their concerns.
So start off by hanging only the murderers who killed more than one victim, add those who were caught in the act of murdering — say, in a public place where there were lots of witnesses — and let’s throw in the child-murderers for good measure.
Not only will the overcrowding problem be eased, but I’m willing to bet that would-be murderers may start to think twice before pulling out the kitchen knives and what have you, and the crime rate will start to drop.
It’s worth a try, because nothing else the BritGov has tried or even suggested has worked.
All this, of course, because the same BritGov — of whatever party — spends more money on cossetting illegal immigrants than on building new prisons in, say, the Outer Hebrides where there’s lots of space and a climate guaranteed to chill [sic] all thoughts of mayhem from prospective criminals.
It’s just a question of priorities, really.
I dunno, maybe not go after people who have committed wrong think?
If we were to, say, build a giant wall around NYC, we could probably house a lot of criminals there with little effort. Just airdrop a few pallets of food each month and let them work it out. Important note – always – and I mean always – route Air Force 1 well away from this area to avoid unfortunate crashes.
We need a man like Bob Hauk.
“child-murderers”
So abortionists then, and the women who contract them?
As for the BritGov prison/crime policies, the purpose of an institution is what it does. The BritGov has de facto declared war on law, order, and the British people. Making recommendations on how they can fix those issues which we perceive as problems is a waste of time. The BritGov *doesn’t* see “problems”, it sees “tactics” in its war against the West in general and Britain in particular.
start with the criminals who harmed children, then murderers, arsonists, muggers, thieves. The west is far too soft on criminals.
“Not only will the overcrowding problem be eased, but I’m willing to bet that would-be murderers may start to think twice before pulling out the kitchen knives and what have you, and the crime rate will start to drop.”
I’m not convinced. For serious penalties to be a functional deterrent a few criteria have to be met.
1) There has to be time to rationally consider the consequences, which rules out “heat of the moment” and panic response murders.
2) There has to be at least the perception that being caught is a highly likely outcome. At present, the US rate of arrest and conviction less than 50%.
3) The offender has to care. Anecdotally it appears that an awful lot of people committing murder are pretty nihilistic and just don’t give a frig about either the victim or themselves.
Burnham could cut the prison population relatively quickly by legalising drugs. Around 17% of prisoners (statistics vary) are in for drugs offences (definitions vary) and then there are all the ancillary crimes. As those prisoners are released and not replaced (because drugs are now legal) spaces will be created.