Pryce will bounce back - but most ex-cons can't

Owen Jones contrasts the experiences of middle class prisoners, such as Vicky Pryce, with those of  young, black, poor men in a comment piece in The Independent.  He goes on to say:

'It is certainly true that the state is picky about who it locks up. The criminal justice system is intended to crack down on the misdemeanours of the poor, but it is there to allow or even facilitate the far more socially destructive behaviour of the rich.'