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This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament

Rejected petition Make prisons tougher

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People in prison should not be allowed access to televisions, computers and the like. Prison is meant to be a deterrent but with all the luxuries that prisoners have these days, it does not deter people from committing crimes so that they can have some luxuries.

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