yes
The Netherlands is closing lots of prisons because of lack of prisoners. Is this directly related to them legalising cannabis? Does it mean that there is less actual crime, or people are just not getting arrested for smoking a bit of weed and having a chill out? Have things like mugging, petty crime gone down too?
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Fri 29 May 2009, 11:51, archived)

But the stats on theft of doritos are sky high

( The Baroness The Harlot Pimpernel, Fri 29 May 2009, 11:52, archived)

JMG's no drugsman, but it's nice to see people not being in prison.

( Jam Master Geordie Hero of B3ta., Fri 29 May 2009, 11:52, archived)

Are they really?
That's incredible. Britains prisons are overflowing and more are being built. Perhaps we could send them to prisons in the Netherlands as they have capacity.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 29 May 2009, 11:53, archived)

They already have a deal with Belgium, I was reading
to accept some of their prisoners.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Fri 29 May 2009, 11:54, archived)

The government must be told.
Somebody phone Gordon Brown..and call him a cunt
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 29 May 2009, 11:56, archived)

I'd volunteer for dutch prison
IT SHOUNDS SHEXIEFUN YES?
( The Baroness The Harlot Pimpernel, Fri 29 May 2009, 11:55, archived)

Yesh, velcome to prishon
please, have a shmoke and a pancake
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 29 May 2009, 11:57, archived)

Britian's prisons are overflowing because they keep making more laws against people doing victimless things.

( SuperMatt, Fri 29 May 2009, 11:58, archived)

Really?

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 29 May 2009, 12:00, archived)

I have no evidence to back this up
but the sheer number of criminal offences introduced under the labour government is ridiculous.
( SuperMatt, Fri 29 May 2009, 12:02, archived)

Britain's prisons are overflowing because people insist that locking people away for a long time
is the only way to rehabilitate them, when there is absolutely no evidence to suggest that this the case.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Fri 29 May 2009, 12:01, archived)

It's not about rehabitation
It's about revenge,retribution,keeping them off the streets
( CanonCaliber A big bore, Fri 29 May 2009, 12:30, archived)

death sentence for everything, I say

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 29 May 2009, 12:47, archived)