Sentencing/Prison Overcrowding

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 11:40 am on 6 February 2007.

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Photo of Richard Younger-Ross Richard Younger-Ross Shadow Minister, Culture, Media & Sport 11:40, 6 February 2007

Many speakers in the debate have used figures, but I shall cite a particular case. Erwin James, in his foreword to "Troubled Inside: Responding to the Mental Health Needs of Men in Prison", wrote:

"On the wing there was plenty of evidence of behaviour brought on by mental distress. One young man only ever wore the same pair of jeans and a green nylon cagoule. He never wore shoes or socks, never went out on exercise, hardly ever spoke to anyone and was understood to have been taken advantage of sexually by predatory prisoners. He was in his early 20s with many years of prison ahead of him. Another had a habit of"—