Well I can understand your annoyance at this, Gina, but surely we have to draw the line somewhere,Who says people cant be rehabilitated?Of course some can, its happened, and a lot of people getting released were inside for petty crimes, drugs etc.whats the point of putting them back on the streets when they've worked through their problems, and despite their terrible start in life have a real chance of integrating, having relationships, holding down jobs, with the right support.Newspapers are written by journalists, with no training in anything apart from inciting paranoia and selling newspapers..I'm not saying for one moment everyone in jail deserves this sort of understanding, but some people deserve a second chance in life, if they havent already developed serious mental health problems in the meantime,I know this sounds glib, I have no time for violent offenders, as in the sort who go and kick someone random helpless guy to death on a saturday night.they can rot in hell for all i care, or hopefully worse, no matter what their upbringing is.Im just saying unless you have a bit more experience of working with certain types of offenders, you can judge all you like, but some people deserve help