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Sun editor to be burnt at the stake and the flames fanned by prison library books

By John Hirst

Sun editor to be burnt at the stake and the flames fanned by prison library books

Shock and horror as the Sun discovers that prison libraries stock books. However, it is no surprise that the Sun editor, Rebekah Wade, has the attention span of a dead fly.
Dominic Grieve, the shadow justice secretary, accused Labour of being soft on crime and soft on criminals, and called for the burning of prison library books. Knee-jerk Jack Straw responded in his typical knee-jerk fashion by claiming that prison library books would be withdrawn to appease the Sun readership, who like the Sun's editor, are well below average intelligence.

The Sun editor, Rebekah Wade, last night used her first public speech to warn that only good journalism could save the newspaper industry from the recession.

It is not that long ago that books on sociology, psychology, criminology and law were on the banned list in prison libraries. Do we really want to go back to this stage in penal history?

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on February 12, 2009 (boomark / email).