Bruce Western: The prison is not just deprivation of liberty, it is corrosive to social bonds. The prison causes and entrenches social problems, it cannot fix social problems #SPC10
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Brilliant insights on prisons and poverty from Bruce Western: mass incarceration criminalises social problems related to race, poverty and inequality #SPC10
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Median European prison population: 84 prisoners per 100,000 population
Scottish prison population: 139 prisoners per 100,000 population #SPC10
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In 2005 in Scotland Imprisonment rate for men from 27 most deprived wards was 953 per 100,000! shocking to see link between social exclusion and who we imprison is so extreme #SPC10
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In 2005 28% of Prisoners came from the poorest areas in Scotland #SPC10
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Back in the US... Fun times at #spc10, but nice to be back in the US. Two more flights until we land in JAX, then an hour drive home.
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Enjoying being an attendee & watching @ScotHillier present on advanced external lists & BCS at #SPC10
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Wicked cool session by @paulstubbs on #wp7 #wp7dev and #sharepoint2010 at #SPC10
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Working on my slides for #SPC10 in The Hague next week on a 4hr layover in Detroit. Hey, the demos are done, cut me some slack :)
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