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They started with small changes that we may take for granted if we have been on this track for some time—they recycled paper and sold fair trade tea and coffee—but they have begun to move on and want to do more.
However, as I said, do we really uphold those sentiments? We may accept people who are fleeing persecution, but it is certainly not an enjoyable experience for them.
Most of the youngsters who end up in secure units have difficult family circumstances. There may be no parents around, and perhaps not even any family.
That will not put off the folk with whom we are dealing. We may need to consider imprisonment as an option for people who are not prepared to be responsible.
The judges gave the person 15 years as the punishment part of the sentence, but the Scottish Prison Service has told us that he may have to serve only 11 years.I wrote to Lord Brodie, who wrote back to me.