Jailing shoplifters will not address root causes, says senior Tory

Sir Bob Neill criticises government plan for failing to consider mental health and addiction problems of many offendersMinisters cannot “warehouse” addicts and people with mental health problems who commit crimes such as shoplifting, a senior Conservative MP has said in response to a plan to give shoplifters mandatory sentences.Sir Bob Neill, the chair of the Commons justice select committee, said the new policy would “pump low-level offenders” into almost-full jails at h