Ministers have proposed banning criminals from sports games and bars as an alternative to prison time. This is to help free up space in prisons. Do you think this is a good idea? Would it be beneficial to take pub privileges and football privileges away from criminals? Or would this not work in the long run?
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00:00I can't see that making any difference whatsoever.
00:04I mean, if they want to cut prison spaces,
00:07then a lot of people who are there, they shouldn't be there.
00:12If, for instance, they were to decriminalise drugs
00:16and give it on prescription, half of all crime would disappear overnight.
00:20I'm not really getting punished then, are they?
00:23Because if you get punished,
00:26then you get punished in the proper manner
00:29and that's in prison.
00:31You have to save your time for the crime
00:34and that's the way it is, I'm afraid.
00:37I think there needs to be more provision for the young, though,
00:40the young men to redirect their energies.
00:44That's why I was thinking, you know, funding for the arts or...
00:48I mean, what about youth clubs? We used to have youth clubs.
00:51It's not going to make any difference, mate.
00:54She's going to do it anyway.
00:56I mean, we're not talking about Lord of Ireland citizens here, are we?