tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29958311.post6746663365222190963..comments2023-10-14T11:58:16.814+01:00Comments on Aberavon & Neath Liberal Democrats: Boris Johnson won't make our streets saferAberavon and Neath Liberal Democratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744060533288571298noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29958311.post-63913774078862001762019-08-12T09:50:42.546+01:002019-08-12T09:50:42.546+01:00Susslaws failed in the 80s.The police already have...Susslaws failed in the 80s.The police already have the powers to check people out for crime.Yes the CAUSES of crime are the things that need addressing. This is to get votes for an upcoming election. Cheap and nasty.nigel hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09365383918453700768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29958311.post-27760404042712475682019-08-12T09:00:18.163+01:002019-08-12T09:00:18.163+01:00Repeating myself: Wales could do a better job if p...Repeating myself: Wales could do a better job if policing and prisons were devolved. We could get rid of the bureaucratic PCC system, releasing funds for local policing. Our prisons would cease to be dumping grounds for English convicts, improving the officer-to-prisoner ratio and allowing more time for rehabilitation. This would also reduce violence and cut the scourge of illegal drugs.<br /><br />If our temporary prime minister is serious about making prison sentences meaningful, he could reduce the prison population by taking off the statute book the plethora of imprisonable offences created by the Blair-Brown government. He should restore the discretion of judges to vary sentences, so that long sentences should not automatically be imposed where they were unwarranted or counter-productive. Of course, this would mean facing down the rabid Mail-Exprees-Sun axis.<br /><br />I share his instinct that sentences decided upon by the judicial process should not be cut short purely for administrative convenience, but he and Home Secretary Patel need to restore the cuts in prison officer numbers as well as providing the physical prison places.Frank Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.com