Prisons Crime and Punishment

Prisons should be spartan regimes and not places where the inmates can access the internet,playstations,alcohol,drugs,cigarettes and television.Work should be done by all inmates for small extras.There should be no so called 'life sentences' which are the opposite of life and can be as little as 10 years and are a cynical attempt to hoodwink the public into thinking that sentencing is rigorous and harsh when it is in fact liberal and derisory.Life should mean life.There should be no reductions of sentence for 'good behaviour' as good behaviour should be the expected default norm,not something inmates are rewarded for with reduced sentences.A criminal is in jail for a crime he has committed and the length of his sentence should not be influenced by his subsequent good behaviour when in jail although if he goes on to commit a crime whilst in jail he will be subject to an extension of sentence after the due process of additional prosecution is effected.Parole and probation services should be scrapped for the above reason.All prisoners should serve their sentence in jail not hospital on the grounds of mental disorder and there should be no involvement of social workers and psychiatrists in the prison system as these are invariably vehicles to facilitate fraud and deception allowing criminals to escape justice by having excuses made for their behaviour on pseudo scientific grounds.Prisons require statutory oversight but this does not mean they should not be run by private businesses and indeed they should be.