A Point of View - Why Prisons Fail
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Will Self sees an urgent need to reform the prison system and deplores what he sees as a lack of political will to tackle its present failings.
Will Self sees an urgent need to reform the prison system and deplores what he sees as a lack of political will to tackle its present failings. "Not only does prison, for the vast majority of those who endure it not work - either as punishment or as rehabilitation - but there is no escaping the conclusion that it functions as a stimulant to crime, rather than its bromide".
Producer: Sheila Cook.
- Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 8:50AM Sun, 9 Oct 2011
- Available until 12:00AM Thu, 1 Jan 2099
- First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 8:50PM Fri, 7 Oct 2011
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- Duration 10 minutes
