This is what you get, when you don't have the death penalty.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14967585/Serial-killer-Levi-Bellfield-Xbox-games-fry-prison-mansion.html

I'm sure the families of his victims don't really want to read this?

What's this all about. People on whole life sentences are meant to have the bare minimum

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Why should they be allowed to work ? I would think the lack of that would be worse than not having a games console in the circumstances

This has made me so sad that man should be drowned.

If the reward of their freedom wasn’t enough to stop them murdering people, I doubt an x box will stop them from punching someone. The reason Bellfield ‘isn’t violent now’ is because he’s about 60, probably very overweight and in fear of the much younger and stronger men entering the jail every day

I couldn't care less what privileges people get in prison, the point is they are incarcerated and not able to be out in society. That's sufficient punishment as it is.

I am all for prisoners having education, suitable activities, TVs, games, whatever. They are still human beings, regardless of what they have done and it would be hard to keep order if prisoners had nothing to do.

Oh god the Mail.

A couple of days ago Bronzefield was ‘Monster Mansion’.

He’s never getting out.

If giving him some cheap nasty sausages means less work and expense on security to deal with prisoners kicking off, fine, give him some cancer-risk heart-risk processed saturated fat.

He shouldn't have been allowed to change his name and convert to a faith either.
It's obvious he's done it for some sort of attention as he previously wasn't that bothered.

As far as I'm concerned he should be tortured for life. Prison is meant to be a punishment, seems like a shit punishment to me

Are you going to personally going to carry this out then , because having capital punishment someone has to carry out the punishment could you do it

I've been in a psych ward before. Believe me confinement in itself is one of the worst things you can do to a living being

Deprivation of liberty is the court ordered punishment. The court will not and could not order that he is detained in a bare room with a tiny window. A side order of punishment to be decided and dished out by the institution holding them is not legal. The institution uses legal means to make sure the prisoner is best managed during their term of imprisonment. This is very likely to involve structured reward and withdrawal of privilege for a reason. This is for the benefit of the institution not the prisoner. A lot of victims and relatives of those murdered would agree that lifelong deprivation is a more fitting punishment than the ‘sweet release’ of death as the consequences to them are lifelong.

He won't see them. He will be segregated for his own safety.

YABU.

1. To be spouting DM nonsense.
2. To be suggesting that the death penalty should be reinstated. For me, that would be a massive step back, especially given the fact that mistakes can be made.

In Bellfield’s case yes, I would.

Since there is no death penalty (and I’m broadly anti anyway) I should be very pleased if they continue serving up ‘heart attack on a plate’ fry-ups and allowing him to sit in front of the telly vegetating. More chance of him popping his clogs and saving taxpayers some money than if he was a yogurt and salad freak gym-bunny.

I've been in psych wards too so I know what you're talking about. However, I still don't think rapist murdering scumbags should get enjoyable things. Why should we give a shit about them? They didn't give one about their poor victims

He shouldn't have been allowed to change his name and convert to a faith either.

What's your considered policy and framework for preventing people from converting to a faith ? Or are you full of claptrap ?

I used to be pro hanging but not now, it's too quick and deprivation of freedom is far worse. Plus there are certain types who will always have to watch their backs because things happen.

Why? Because they’re used as an incentive for prisoners. They have to earn the privileges by behaving themselves inside. Without them, why would prisoners work or otherwise keep their noses clean? There would be constant bedlam.

I 100% would not have a problem carrying it out

So there's no murder in the USA in the states that use the death penalty, right?

They riot anyway. HMP Shotts used to riot every Christmas, one year because they got mince for Christmas dinner instead of turkey. Brand new prison totally trashed.

The older I get, the more I lean towards the El Salvador approach to maximum security prisons.

It's because he deserves it.

Haven’t we had this one before? Obviously all the people who say they’d enjoy killing murderers are completely bonkers. And maybe should be locked away.

We do not need the death penalty.

Southport murderer of 3 innocent little girls?