Aside from the issues that plauge mega-prisons in terms of their awful conditions, as a prison abolitionist I don’t belive that prisons solve any social problems or make our communities any safer . The prison propulation is on the rise, between June 1993 and June 2012 the prison population in England and Wales increased by 41,800 prisoners to over 86,000 and the numbers are still rising.
Vigilantes and gamblers
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The Guardian carried a story the day before the budget, wondering whether
‘bond vigilantes’ would punish Rachel Reeves with a Truss-style market
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