Security ‘obsession’ hampering prison debate
John Podmore told the Does Prison Work? debate at the Judge Business School on Friday that Britain was obsessed with securitisation. “It’s a warm comfortable blanket that we immerse ourselves in,” he said.
He added that the media and government tended to treat all prisoners as homogenous. “They tend to see them all as Ian Huntley,” he said – when they were in fact a very diverse group.
Podmore was one of a number of speakers at the packed debate sponsored by policy research organisation RAND. They included academics and the head of a prison education programme.
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