We must continue Jack and Saskia’s progressive work with prisoners | Letters
by Letters from on (#4W2Y0)
Guardian readers respond to Dave Merritt's tribute to his son Jack, who, along with Saskia Jones, died on Friday at London Bridge
I am in awe of the courage that it must have taken for Jack Merritt's father to write his tribute to his brave, intelligent, beautiful son (Jack would be livid his death has been used to further an agenda of hate, 3 December). I agree with every word and suspect that the same themes could be applied to Saskia.
We must all do everything we can to stop our country adopting a penal system more akin to that in many American states. Instead of an approach towards offenders that is hateful, vengeful and vicious, realistic resources should be used to create one that is focused on rehabilitation.
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