More former prisoners dying while on probation
WHAT you’ve been saying on the M.E.N. Facebook page... REDUCED sentencing not allowing time to rehabilitate and deal with addictions and freely accessible drugs in prisons, facilitating inmates to become addicted whilst inside, plus the homeless situation, all three need to be dealt with and we’ll probably see a reduction in crime and death post release. This can’t be resolved by one service. Tara Roberts
LET’S not forget that innocent people were victims of crime. They never asked to be victims. The perpetrators of these crimes, whatever their situation, made a conscious decision to commit their crimes against innocent people. Sympathy shouldn’t be the default emotion to them. Paul Evans
JUST shows that rehabilitation is not working, which does not help anyone. Rick Slatter
I DON’T understand all these comments. When these people present as homeless and hungry they get sympathy and it’s the govt’s fault. When they feed their habits and die with the money you give them you have no sympathy. The general public have facilitated these deaths. Donna Kelty
BEFORE I even read the article I thought that it was down to spice or drug related and all and behold it is. The prison service is a joke the amount of drugs that can be smuggled into these places is a joke. Tougher searches need to be done and heavy sentences needed to be given to those caught as well as those who ask for it to be smuggled in. Ste Lexi
THERE should be a system where big firms at warehouses take them on as soon as they leave prison, and if they break the trust we put in them leave them to rot. There’s nothing more you can do – if someone don’t want the help you can’t help! Paul Oakes