Alex Watson, Edinburgh: GET A LIFE YOU POLITICAL CORRECT FOOLS.So a woman who has children should get it easier than a man who has children for the same crime. What are you PC fools going to come up with NEXT. The old saying should stand for women and men IF YOU CANT DO THE TIME DON'T DO THE CRIME.All you want to do is pamper prisoners colour TVs the right to sue for anything they don't like we are the only country in the EU that goes by the book just look at France,Holland Germany etc. You PC fools are the ones who are going by the rules in the EU constitution. OPEN YOUR EYES.

I was told a few years ago that 'discrimination is to be identified by the victim'. It is up to a victim to decide what is or is not offensive or bigotted. As a man I can honestly say that no one thing has ever offended me as much as these proposals. Having campaigned about this issue now since as far back as 2001, when I first heard it suggested, my view is the same: it is persecution. The Corston Report only revealed half of the story. Simply look at the two studies carried out by The Prison Reform Trust and Mind between 2002 and 2005 and you will see that the findings were more or less the same. 72% of male prisoners and 70% of female prisoners have two or more mental health problems, including conditions like schizophrenia. Very shocking figures. Men are 5 times more likely to committ suicide in prison than not in prison, young men aged 15-17 are 18 times more likely to committ suicide in prison than not in prison. Why do they not care about equally vulnerable prisoners? As the comment below states why do they not care about fathers who miss their children? At the very least a report into the vulnerability of male prisoners is needed, since the Corston Report looked only into the vulnerability of female prisoners. Is this persecution? A simple test. A man who has schizophrenia, or another condition that could cause him to self-harm or committ suicide would receive no help while a woman who does not have this condition would. It is blatant persecution. But I'm sure that when it was allowable for landlords in the UK to put up signs like "No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish" there was some 'reason'. Or to send men to prison just because they were gay. In all cases, just ask the victim and you will understand that no persecution is justified. Richard, West Yorkshire

Well the double standard is working as per the norm I see. How anyone can say western women are oppressed in any way shape or form with a straight face is one heck of a liar. Both sexes are meant to be treated equal, not All Sexes Are Equal But Some Are More Equal Than Others rubbish we have now. Christopher Williams, England

This is typical feminist hypocrisy. When women kill their children, it's because they're "mentally ill, driven to it, can't cope, etc." but when men kill their children it's because "men are evil". When women break the law, they're victims - and alleged to be victims of domestic violence by ... some evil man, no doubt. When men break the law, it's because "men are evil" and deserve to be raped in prison, given inadequate healthcare, etc. but it's ok - they're only men, so who cares, right? Certainly those claiming to be for 'equality' do NOT care one little bit, as demonstrated by this sexist demand for, yet again, preferencial treatment of women. Does it not occur to the women's groups that men too miss their children, and statistics also confirm that children from fatherless homes also are more prone to enter a life of crime, violence, drugs and so forth... so using the children as pawns (gee, how unusual) to garner pity for women is a clear demonstration of the underhanded tactics of feminism. Karl Mathews, Worcs

What a bunch of sexist reteric. This world has gone potty with sexism. What gives. I thought (NOT) that feminism was about equality. Yeh right. Steve Mac, Sydney

Can you imagine the uproar if the headline had been 'Stop jailing men'. I forgot sexism only works one way!! If anyone, male or female, breaks the law they should face the consequences. Lets face it, you don't go to prison for a first offence shoplifting. Time to stop the bleeding heart liberal do-gooders, responsible for the decline in discipline and social failures in our society. Alastair, Linlithgow

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