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Titan prisons will only brutalise their inmates

By John Hirst

Titan prisons will only brutalise their inmates

It is a dangerous myth that giant institutions are more effective

"The idea that giant institutions are efficient is a primitive superstition that daily experience disproves, so is just the kind of thing that British governments are inclined to believe.

I do not often agree with the Prison Reform Trust, but on the proposed construction of giant prisons - the criminal justice system's answer to giant casinos, I suppose - I do wholeheartedly".

I do not often agree with Theodore Dalrymple, but on this issue I am in complete agreement with him. The bigger the prisons the bigger are the problems associated with them. Who stands to profit from this Titan project? The private sector. Who stands to lose? Prisoners and the public.

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on August 29, 2008 (boomark / email).