Can't see Smith or Blair trying this approach

[Grumpmeister]

Fair play to the guy for volunteering to do this. Its a far cry from the rose tinted spectacles approach of our home office and constabulary.

Sheriff Mark Curran of Lake County, Illinois, walked into his own jail on Wednesday to spend a week as a prisoner, saying he was divinely inspired to learn what it was like to be confined and to sample jail programs designed to reduce recidivism.

"The biblical adage that we reap what we sow is very true in criminal justice," said Curran, 45, before exchanging his business suit for a prison jumpsuit at the Waukegan, Illinois, facility near Chicago.

Illinois "has historically had one of the worst-run prison systems in the nation ... treating inmates like caged animals only to see them released back into their communities angrier and more bitter than they originally were," he said.

Curran will spend time in the general population of some 600 inmates who are awaiting trial on charges of murder, rape and lesser crimes, though at times he will have his own cell.

He will sit in on high school equivalency classes, and spend a night in the high-security unit and in the medical unit.

[Darwins Selection]

Fair play to the guy for volunteering to do this. Its a far cry from the rose tinted spectacles approach of our home office and constabulary.

Sheriff Mark Curran of Lake County, Illinois, walked into his own jail on Wednesday to spend a week as a prisoner, saying he was divinely inspired to learn what it was like to be confined and to sample jail programs designed to reduce recidivism.

"The biblical adage that we reap what we sow is very true in criminal justice," said Curran, 45, before exchanging his business suit for a prison jumpsuit at the Waukegan, Illinois, facility near Chicago.

Illinois "has historically had one of the worst-run prison systems in the nation ... treating inmates like caged animals only to see them released back into their communities angrier and more bitter than they originally were," he said.

Curran will spend time in the general population of some 600 inmates who are awaiting trial on charges of murder, rape and lesser crimes, though at times he will have his own cell.

He will sit in on high school equivalency classes, and spend a night in the high-security unit and in the medical unit.

I am sure the other inmates will give credit to his dedication and allow him to make an honest appraisal during his stay.

[Grumpmeister]

Probably not but at least he'as trying to do something other than issuing soundbites or crackpot measures Darwin.

[Snoopy]

Remember that in the US the local Sheriff is an elected office and as such this guy is a politician rather than a policeman 

[Nick]

He is setting a good precedent then. Jacqui Smith first?

[Snoopy]

The Mad Mullah of the Traffic Taliban AKA Chief Constable of North Wales Richard Brunstrom has announced that when his current contract expires in 2009 he will retire and not seek another Policing Role, nor will he enter politics.

[Nick]

So he's a liar too

[Snoopy]

No ~ I believe him. No Police Autority would touch him with a ten foot pole and he clearly knows that no political party will associate itself with his mad policies.

[Nick]

Monster Raving Loonies?

[Snoopy]

  He has put it in print that he wishes "to drop out of sight" and enjoy his remaining years with his family.

[Nick]

Presumably his family is making plans to emigrate

[Snoopy]

  I'm only reporting what he has said.

[Grumpmeister]

Monster Raving Loonies?

Having read their manifesto l've come to the conclusion that they are more sane than Labour