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  • In theory I agree with you, in practice it's the same as someone convicted of dangerous driving taking one of those road safety courses; a box they tick to get out of trouble.

    For the higher end of the scale, a de-radicalisation program in prison may be helpful but these are not those people. I think an example will absolutely help here; people assumed they were untouchable.

  • I mean in theory too. But 100s of hours of community service isn't just box ticking.

    As someone else commented, the reasons for being there are varied and a custodial sentence is appropriate in many.

    But people being evicted from home isn't going to help.

  • I don't (necessarily) agree with evictions but being there isn't the reason people are being put in prison; being there and rioting or inciting rioting online is.

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