AS the prison population grows, we are storing up a rebellious section in society as offenders are alienated from the rest?

It may be frustrating for people who are trying to evaluate ways to combat crime to accept this. Is this the way it has to be? Will we be reaping what we have sown in the future?

This may be the price we will have to pay. But let's not pretend that the danger is not real.

F BILLINGTON, East Crescent, Accrington.

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