Britain's thieves and criminals have been sent on fishing trips as part of 'intensive' community punishment. Young offenders spared jail for what are billed as 'tough' alternative sentences have also been learning to dig gardens, a report reveals.
Others have attended classes in which they have been taught skills such as how to claim the maximum in state benefits.
The learning activities are among 'penalties' imposed during trials of the £14million Intensive Alternatives to Custody system launched by Justice Secretary Jack Straw last year.
Under the scheme, criminals who might otherwise have been contemplating sentences of up to a year in jail attend courses, which Mr Straw described as 'a combination of unpaid work, electronic monitoring, behaviour programmes, mentoring and help with resettlement all under intensive supervision'.
However, a report for the Police Review journal found that judges took a different view of what the IAC scheme should offer to young criminals. Deputy District Judge Joanne Alderson, who sits in Derby where one of the trials is under way, said: 'This is not about giving criminals nice things to do, but it is important to show them how different life can be. more from the Daily Mail.
Others have attended classes in which they have been taught skills such as how to claim the maximum in state benefits.
The learning activities are among 'penalties' imposed during trials of the £14million Intensive Alternatives to Custody system launched by Justice Secretary Jack Straw last year.
Under the scheme, criminals who might otherwise have been contemplating sentences of up to a year in jail attend courses, which Mr Straw described as 'a combination of unpaid work, electronic monitoring, behaviour programmes, mentoring and help with resettlement all under intensive supervision'.
However, a report for the Police Review journal found that judges took a different view of what the IAC scheme should offer to young criminals. Deputy District Judge Joanne Alderson, who sits in Derby where one of the trials is under way, said: 'This is not about giving criminals nice things to do, but it is important to show them how different life can be. more from the Daily Mail.
Better than the Crime courses 102, 103, 201, 202 etc... that most of our "petty" criminals graduate from after 1 year in jail.
ReplyDeleteOh the inhumanity fishing and gardening isnt that next to torture????
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