Many of the offenders in Polmont are supported, which we need to acknowledge for fear that we write everybody off as having failed.All three panellists have used language, concepts, ideas and so forth tremendously, but we get to the nub of the matter on page 35 of the report:“too many young offenders ... do not participate sufficiently in education because they remain in their cells for long periods during the day.”We acknowledge that intervening early in children’s lives is key; we want to do it at pre...