Punitive steps

Published on 23/10/2012 00:00

I DO not think David Cameron’s ideas regarding making prison pay go nearly far enough. It is nothing more than a soft soap PR exercise in favour of criminals. Prison should be tough and act as a deterrent rather than be concerned with the rehabilitation of the offender at great cost to the overstretched public purse. There are people in prison living a life of luxury with wide-screen TVs in their cells, access to gyms and free food and not having to worry about rising heating bills that law-abiding, tax-paying citizens can barely afford.

If prisoners feel any sense of injustice they proclaim their human rights while the victims seem to be forgotten about. It is time to get tough on crime and prisons and stop focusing on the prisoner, instead focusing on the victim.

Gordon Kennedy

Simpson Square

Perth