YES - Brian Caton, general secretary, Prison Officers' Association
There is no magic archway they come through at prison that will change them. You must respect people in authority, you must keep your accommodation clean, but more than that you must respect yourself. Therefore the restriction of privileges and restriction of young people's ability to live the kind of life they want to live is paramount to changing behaviour. That's what we're trying to do. We're trying to change behaviour and in order to do that we should have powers to discipline young offenders.
NO - Frances Crook, director, Howard League for Penal Reform
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