Daily Mirror

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.

- To have your say, go to Mirror.co.uk

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

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