Students debate crime and punishment with MP  

This article appeared in The Diss Express on 22 October 2010 Three Diss High School students came to see me recently about their Citizenship GCSE course work on the thorny subject of prison sentencing. Amber Stevenson, James Briddon and Greg Fisher, who are all in Year 11, had obviously been doing their homework, as they came armed with lots of questions. The three were interested in ensuring prison is both a punishment and a chance for rehabilitation and they have identified a tricky issue, since only if people do something useful in prison will the chance of reoffending go down. The public needs to be protected and we also need to be sure that prison is not just a ‘university of crime'. Good luck to Amber, James and Greg with their project. Fire Service I have written to the Fire Services Minister to raise the concerns of local fire fighters. Last year Diss Fire...