31 March 2007

Doing porridge

Once again proving that the United Kingdom will do anything to be like its Big Brother the United States the prison population in the UK has reached record levels with no sign of a downturn in sight and the authorities are scrambling to find enough places to put them all.

We still have quite a ways to go as the American incarceration rate is about six times higher than the British one. It will give Gordon something to aspire to once he gets to be in charge. If he gets to be in charge.

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