Have sentencers 'got it right' on the riots? | Eric Allison

Ken Clarke agree with the approach of severe punishment, however, four of the five emerging institutions for young offenders reoffend

What is behind the condemnation of rebellion?

Of all the statistics from the race to lock so many people involved in recent unrest as possible, by far the most depressing is the increase in the incarceration of minors. Depending on the number you believe, 170, said the Youth Justice Board (YJB) or 125, according to the Ministry of Justice (Justice) the fact that dozens of children are currently in prison as a result of August be trapped in chaos. Even more depressing was The Guardian's revelation that two-thirds of inmates had no prior relationship with the criminal justice system, not the "how" to use the jargon that is now familiar.

A system that does not

When the Minister of Justice Ken Clarke said the other day that the criminal justice system was partly responsible for the riots, was partly right. Most of all prisoners so far have the form, have been through the system. The most absurd, while Clarke had thought sentencers "did well" in the back in the system that failed before. And nowhere in the criminal justice system more spectacular than in the young offender (YOIs), where four five of those released from recurrence (and even obscene statistics do not tell the whole story: 80% are those who are caught, that most offenders of their way to avoid). So the solution to this system - which costs at least three times the price of sending a child to Eton -. Is it packing young thugs

What will happen to those who have been convicted?