Here's @davidallengreen thought experiment on the structure of the UK's prison system; a prison system that as he points out is really set up on, and works to a dysfunctional response to crime & criminals.

However, the view of punishment (rather than rehabilitation) that it encompasses has too many proponents for an alternative to establish itself as the political ground for reform.

#prisons #crime #politics

https://emptycity.substack.com/p/the-real-problem-which-blights-our