The prisons in this country are full to bursting, many are badly run and many are breeding grounds for radicalisation. The rehabilitation and monitoring schemes in place are mostly a joke and the probation service is grossly underfunded. On top of that the Tories have slashed the numbers of police. Unless and until we fix these things, these mistakes will continue to happen. Rattling on about locking 'em up and throwing away the key (not saying for one second that that might not be sometimes necessary) is aiming at the wrong target.