Perhaps I may add to the debate that the clutch of noble and noble and learned Lords started. Rehabilitation may indeed be one objective, but it may also be of interest that Rule 1 of the Prison Rules states that the people who are in such care should lead “good and useful” lives.
Offender Rehabilitation Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Linklater of Butterstone
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 5 June 2013.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Offender Rehabilitation Bill [HL].
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2013-14
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