They will be confused with NLyUK!

[Zigenare]

same as it ever was sadly.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...atricia-hewitt

These people like many criminals are actually suffering from a disease and need treatment not relabelling. Remember Sad,Mad & Bad.

Paedophiles, Drug, Alcohol & gambling addicts all need help not being pandered to. If sentences even suspended ones included mandatory treatment and tests recidivism would fall dramatically.

Drunk driving = suspended on tag with alcohol monitoring, book car journeys and indicate number plate & driver (obviously not offender). And mandatory counselling Doctor advising parole.
Drug addiction driven crime = tag, weekly tests, counselling with Doctor advising parole.
Gambling= banned from all gambling venues , any who do offer him service to be closed + counselling and debt help.
Paedophiles= banned from access to children (currently done) tagged & mandatory counselling with doctor advising parole.

most just get suspended until they escalate and do something nasty enough to get locked up dealing with it earlier would save money.

Have you caught the "lefty" you're sounding rather "Social Workerish" there...
As a point of interest, you do know we don't have enough Doctors in the UK to cover the non-deviants in society, don't you?

[vetran]

Have you caught the "lefty" you're sounding rather "Social Workerish" there...
As a point of interest, you do know we don't have enough Doctors in the UK to cover the non-deviants in society, don't you?

I prefer pragmatic.

If their addiction drives them then fix the addiction it costs £50k to imprison someone and £16k to tag them leaving a few quid for therapy.

yes there is a shortage of doctors but therapists take 3 years to train to a junior level. team them with a fully addiction qualified lead and you could start soon. My understanding is AA & GA are mostly run by none qualified people. Having a doctor review their notes shouldn't take long.

[SueEllen]

I prefer pragmatic.

If their addiction drives them then fix the addiction it costs £50k to imprison someone and £16k to tag them leaving a few quid for therapy.

yes there is a shortage of doctors but therapists take 3 years to train to a junior level. team them with a fully addiction qualified lead and you could start soon. My understanding is AA & GA are mostly run by none qualified people. Having a doctor review their notes shouldn't take long.

You have gone all WOKE!!!

You should move to somewhere like Norway where they try to do that.

[vetran]

You have gone all WOKE!!!

You should move to somewhere like Norway where they try to do that.

Sad & Mad I am happy to help it makes sense for society.

https://www.gov.uk/government/public...1%2Dyear%2Dold.

Prisoners have much lower levels of literacy than the general population. The most recent data published by the Ministry of Justice shows that 57% of adult prisoners taking initial assessments had literacy levels below those expected of an 11-year-old

https://www.centreformentalhealth.or...h-care-england

Poor mental health is exceptionally common in prison. 45% of adults in prison have anxiety or depression, 8% have a diagnosis of psychosis, ..

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/a...nd%20half%20of, up%20and%20down%20the%20country.

Figures show around half of prisoners are addicted to drugs, while crack and heroin addicts account for two-thirds of shoplifting offences and half of burglaries, blighting communities up and down the country.

Not fixing them means more crime.

Bad can rot for all I care!

[vetran]

Oh no the Viper squad is too aggressive for its clientele of gun toting gangs.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ggressive.html

Scotland Yard renames Viper gun unit focused on tackling violent crime in London as the Proactive Firearms Team because venomous snakes association is deemed 'too aggressive'

• Met Police gun crime unit set to be renamed Proactive Armed Team by bosses
• Operation Viper unit name seen as 'too aggressive and militaristic', sources said

By REBECCA CAMBER CRIME AND SECURITY EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL