Sick! Police Chief Says Pedophiles “Don’t Deserve Jail”

A leading child protection officer in the UK has said that most pedophiles do not deserve to go to jail, despite the fact that child rape crimes in Britain are on the rise.  Chief Constable Simon Bailey told the BBC that pedophiles who view indecent images of children should not be imprisoned due to the fact that the prison system is full to the brim with criminals already. BBC News reports: Figures show the number of child abuse reports is up by 80% in three years. The Home Office said “viewing child abuse images is a terrible crime and should be treated as such”. Chief Constable Bailey, the head of Operation Hydrant, which is investigating multiple allegations of historic sexual abuse across the UK, said he knew his view would cause nervousness and draw headlines. But he said the numbers of reports of abuse were at “huge proportions” – an NSPCC study in late 2016 used figures which suggested the number of individuals looking at such images could exceed half a million. ‘Contact cases’ focus He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme about 400 people were arrested by police in conjunction with the National Crime Agency every month, for looking [...]

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