tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post7130844798629594139..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Electronic monitoring of criminals a shamLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-50179106237360900692015-05-26T09:38:47.210+12:002015-05-26T09:38:47.210+12:00Brendon I'd agree only with very violent crime...Brendon I'd agree only with very violent crime. Places with super high incarceration rates don't tend to have lower rates of crime at all, but there's a much greater cost to imprisoning heaps more people. <br />Any one size fits all system is going to be flawed, but rehabilitation and early intervention seem to work a lot better when used. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16480978171343209375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-55056005205141778262015-05-25T19:59:16.053+12:002015-05-25T19:59:16.053+12:00I'd have thought protecting citizens was the f... I'd have thought protecting citizens was the first duty of government.<br /><br />Well ACT think so and say so but no other party does. <br /><br />Vote ACT next election.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-73241441763377112142015-05-25T11:09:41.650+12:002015-05-25T11:09:41.650+12:00Lindsay the first step is having criminals complet...Lindsay the first step is having criminals complete their full sentence, and end the idea of Parole.<br /><br />How many innocent people have been killed by violent men who had been released back into the community by parole boards? Does anyone have ready access to that information?<br /><br />If that means doubling the number of prisons, and cutting spending elsewhere, then so be it. I'd have thought protecting citizens was the first duty of government.Brendan McNeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741263914308842497noreply@blogger.com