A (for once) justified rant

I think today I have finally seen it all.

Can you believe that the Scottish government is paying former prisoners compensation because having to slop out apparently contravenes their human rights?

I have tolerated a lot of stuff over the years I've been blogging, and bitten my tongue on more than one occasion to avoid coming across as aggressive and over-sensitive, but this really does take the piss. At what point did the government consider the human rights of the people who were robbed, raped, kidnapped and murdered when they were shelling out public money to these twunts? There's a reason they're in prison, so surely all human rights go straight out of the window then? Obviously not.

My opinions on prison are simple. If you do something bad enough to be put away, you deserve all you get. A couple of years ago I wrote a blog in reaction to an ex con complaining that they used to be crammed into cells. My "Well Don't Commit Crime Then" initiative drew universal support from all of the one other person who read it. I genuinely fail to see how these people can willingly commit crimes, end up in prison, then have the brass neck complain about the conditions. If I were a prison governor, you wouldn't even have a bed, let alone a pot to piss in. You'd be confined to your cell forever, and your limited food would be poked through the bars at random intervals, meaning if you aren't quick enough to catch it, it'll land in whatever you've done on the floor. And it would serve you right.

I'm all for rehabilitation, but surely one of the most powerful tools is making crims realise what will happen to them if they get caught. At the moment, the impression they're given is "Don't worry, unless you commit the worst possible crimes, we'll lock you up, immediately halve your sentence, allow you to live in relative luxury during your stay, then give you some money if the facilities weren't up to scratch". It's an absolute disgrace, and no deterrent whatsoever.

Fair enough, if guards and lacing the inmates with iron bars or poisoning them, there's a case to be answered. But all they're having to do is crap in a pot and empty it the next day. Not two generations ago, that's what civilian life was actually like, so what the fuck are they complaining about? Don't get me wrong, if I was this kind of scum and was offered compo after my stint inside, I'd take their hand off, but it's hardly likely to put them off crime for life is it?

And breathe...