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'We pay millions - to lock up the wrong people'

March 7, 2010 11:02 AM

Vince Cable writes: ' . . I HAVE a generally law-abiding constituency. Yet I had a very atypical advice surgery in Twickenham last week when several cases surfaced involving serious crime. Each caused me to question the role played by prison in dealing with the individuals concerned.

. . Of these men, only one should have been in prison, Mr A, and he will emerge from the experience seriously damaged and potentially more of a problem for society. That is the story of our prisons. There are large numbers of people who ought not to be there . . Prison won't work while we pay through the nose to keep the many inside who should be out, instead of catching the real criminals.

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