on clamp down stuff and a bit less emphasis on the softer stop and i wonder once we see this strategy at the end of the day, if the balance is different. the end of the day, if the balance is different- nequela whittaker used to lead a gang in south london but she s now a youth worker in brent. she s also the author of street girl, a book about her life. thank you for talking to us. tell our audience both here in the uk and around the world a little bit about what was happening to you in your teenage years which ultimately led to you being put injail? this a teenage years which ultimately led to you being put injail? to you being put in “ail? as a young erson, i to you being put in “ail? as a young person. mould to you being put in jail? as a young person, i would say to you being put in jail? as a young person, i would say i to you being put in jail? as a young person, i would say i became - person, i would say i became a product of my environment and that was getting invol
end of the scale. and i wonder when we read the strategy later today, thatis we read the strategy later today, that is what the bulk of it will be, and actually the media coverage this morning, the politics this morning, focused on the much harder clamp down stuff because the government feels that plays better with voters. . government feels that plays better with voters- let s talk to marie edmonds. she s the founder of the charity aspirations programme. they work with woman caught up in street prostitution and substance abuse. i gather you have been seven and a half years clean from heroin, cocaine and alcohol. 15 half years clean from heroin, cocaine and alcohol.- cocaine and alcohol. is that correct? cocaine and alcohol. is that correct? seven cocaine and alcohol. is that correct? seven and - cocaine and alcohol. is that correct? seven and a - cocaine and alcohol. is that correct? seven and a half. cocaine and alcohol. is that - correct? seven and a half years clean from c