It is that logic that perhaps explains why there are now only 42,000 staff in the National Offender Management Service in england and wales, while there were 19,000 back in 2010. But the logic of cutting prisons has perhaps reached a limit. The pressure of fewer staff in overcrowded jails has seen violence rise towards staff, other prisoners or in the form of self harm. Bad things are happening in ourjails, and its no surprise the president of the Prison Governors Association has written an open letter attacking the governments management of prisons. Heres elaine dunkley. Violence and rioting, volatility has gripped prisons in england and wales. Run. The pressure in our Prison Service building for staff and inmates. Get down. A breakdown in Law And Order caused by a shortage of staff and a growing Prison Population. A toxic mix according to the Prison Governors Association. Attacks on prison staff and drugs academic increasing concern around Mental Health and overcrowding, resources an
I think i just got an f from you actually. applause Margaret Atwood welcome. Thank you. Very nice to have you here. Lovely to be here. So interested in this new book, congratulations on it. May i say nobody does dystopian like you do dystopian. laughs is that a compliment . Oh my god its the biggest compliment in the world. I mean the world that youve created in this book will come back to the handmaids tale at some point here soon reminiscent to my mind of the dystopia in that book. But i love the plot of this story, i love the characters and i think it goes in odd places that make it a very compelling read. It goes in very odd places. Very odd places. My read on this was it was 1984 crossed with the truman show with a little of masters of sex in there. laughter others may have their own equation. What was the genesis of this book and of this story . Once upon a time. Yes. Long long ago. [evan] were gonna go all the way back good okay yes. Once upon a time i worked with an editor call
Weather. Were talking about warm up in october. It happens every now and then but now we have period of maybe record High Temperatures, in the 80s, so if you like warm temperatures you will like this week. No big storms coming at us, good weather to head outside, enjoy some mid fall, weather, and still chilly this morning, waking up to some temperatures in the 40s, even some 30s. We have some fog. Live today we will see wrapped warm up in the 70es a live look outside, right the now all quiet in center city. Watch out for a few areas of fog. The current air temperature 51, at the airport. Dew points also at 51. That is 100 percent saturation. In rain around but we will squeeze out moisture that we can a railable in the atmosphere. That is coming in the form of the fog. We will get outside city, airport less than a half mile visibility both in philadelphia and in trenton at this hour. Looking much better in interior south jersey. Temperatures still stuck in the 40s, millville 43 degrees.
applause Margaret Atwood welcome. Thank you. Very nice to have you here. Lovely to be here. So interested in this new book, congratulations on it. May i say nobody does dystopian like you do dystopian. laughs is that a compliment . Oh my god its the biggest compliment in the world. I mean the world that youve created in this book will come back to the handmaids tale at some point here soon reminiscent to my mind of the dystopia in that book. But i love the plot of this story, i love the characters and i think it goes in odd places that make it a very compelling read. It goes in very odd places. Very odd places. My read on this was it was 1984 crossed with the truman show with a little of masters of sex in there. laughter others may have their own equation. What was the genesis of this book and of this story . Once upon a time. Yes. Long long ago. [evan] were gonna go all the way back good okay yes. Once upon a time i worked with an editor called amy grace lloyd from the magazine world.
applause Margaret Atwood welcome. Thank you. Very nice to have you here. Lovely to be here. So interested in this new book, congratulations on it. May i say nobody does dystopian like you do dystopian. laughs is that a compliment . Oh my god its the biggest compliment in the world. I mean the world that youve created in this book will come back to the handmaids tale at some point here soon reminiscent to my mind of the dystopia in that book. But i love the plot of this story, i love the characters and i think it goes in odd places that make it a very compelling read. It goes in very odd places. Very odd places. My read on this was it was 1984 crossed with the truman show with a little of masters of sex in there. laughter others may have their own equation. What was the genesis of this book and of this story . Once upon a time. Yes. Long long ago. [evan] were gonna go all the way back good okay yes. Once upon a time i worked with an editor called amy grace lloyd from the magazine world.