2004-06-15

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C4 News - Home - Prisons - Addicts dominate prison

"Incarcerating increasing numbers of these women, more of whom are being sent to prison for shoplifting than any other crime, is a recipe for wrecked lives and squandered resources while doing nothing to increase public safety."
She added: "In the face of such clear evidence of the failure of prison to respond to the needs of vulnerable women, how can Government justify opening yet another prison this week when it should be developing a network of court diversion schemes and local mental health and drug treatment facilities for these women?"