Penal reform
Sir,—Two important points on penal policy reform concern the Salisbury Street Foundation. First, there is the observation of the penal system’s failure as a punishment to control the escalating rates of crime, and of the system’s failure to provide effective support for prisoners on their release. As an organisation which runs a social re-entry programme for former prisoners, our foundation is continually faced with problems confronting former prisoners. Lack of finance and employment and lack of support generally play a role in forcing the former prisoner back into his previous criminal lifestyle — a lifestyle where he is able to support himself and obtain a degree of peer group support and attention. Second is the question of prevention. If the public wishes to see a decrease in criminal activity, it is up to all of us to consider the environmental deficiencies, such as social neglect and isolation, which breed the criminal personality. — Yours, etc., KEVIN BUTSON. April 9, 1984.
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