A former prisoner has hit out on the UK Justice system for “criminalising psychological sickness”.
Mark Johnson MBE, an ex-offender and former drug abuser, who has since change into an creator and founder or charity Consumer Voice, believes that the Authorities should do extra to assist these in jail.
Talking on GB Information’ Speaking Pints with Farage, Mr Johnson stated: “We all know that there's this route by way of into the prison justice system. Political class after political class doesn’t tackle it and its really lazy on crime.
“Among the soundbites from the justice minister and others saying we’ll allow you to out of your cell to have a recreation of pool should you cease taking medicine.
“They’ve diminished the dependancy, which everyone within the public now has been touched by dependancy, whether or not it’s alcoholism or drug dependancy.
“They’ve diminished right down to that it’s this ethical option to do it.
“The alcohol bracelets and stuff, they're criminalising psychological sickness.
Mr Johnson added: “One in six folks have a neurodiverse situation, like Asperger's, autism and so on, we criminalise that.
“The primary level of contact that you've is the police, then you definately go to courtroom who aren’t educated, particularly the magistrates, who aren’t educated in psychological well being, not even in legislation really.
“So that you’ve bought psychological well being, you meet the police who choose you to your behaviour, they don’t assess you not to mention refer you to knowledgeable.
“You go to courtroom that could be a abstract conviction of you realizing the distinction between proper or flawed, with none perception into your situation and then you definately’re put into jail.
“On the very least you can take care of it in jail, should you had the fitting regime and proper atmosphere and we’re not doing that.
“And no one is holding the Authorities and the probation service to account."
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