Prison should be the last resort of criminal justice | Letters

Readers share their perspectives on prisoner literacy, custodial sentencing and the objective of being ‘tough on crime’Neither your editorial on the interim findings of David Gauke’s review of sentencing (18 February) nor your article (Prison system crisis due to overreliance on long sentences, says Gauke review, 18 February) make any reference to some of the more obvious aspects of the Prison Service. First, finding an alternative to the use of prison-based remand; second, kee