Do you agree?
Head of the Prison Officers’ Association, Mark Fairhurst, has said Britain’s most violent prisoners should be on US-style lockdown 23-hours a day to curb attacks on prison officers.
No. I don’t think the way to rehabilitate prisoners is to treat them inhumanely. ALVIN MCEWAN Yes. Our prison system has become way too soft, we need some new measures like this to truly make it effective. KAREN SCHELL
Yes. The US isn’t perfect, but when it comes to jails they have the right idea, and we should follow suit. HANNAH FLORTEN
No. If we cage convicts like animals then they’ll turn into beasts. LESTER BENNETT
No. Russian writer Dostoyevsky said society can be judged by how it treats its prisoners. This is an awful idea. TERRY ADRIAN
Yes. Prison isn’t a holiday camp. There are far worse punishments than being cooped up in a cell. BRANDON PAINE