I've decided to focus on the dangers of risk-preoccupation. It's on how, because of the blame culture, decision-makers become overtly risk averse and are constantly covering their backs. I'm drawing attention to the huge numbers of offenders now in prison subject to Indefinite Public Protection following the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and how, if this continues, we shall within a few years have 15,000 to 20,000 prisoners serving life or the equivalent of life sentences.
Tuesday: I drive to Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, where I'm speaking at a conference on children's welfare organised by the Michael Sieff Foundation. My usual theme - the excessive criminalisation of children and young people and the numbers in custody who are suffering from mental health problems.
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