| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - The novel is a searing indictment of the so-called short, sharp shock regime of treating youthful criminals, favoured by the far Right.??? It depicts with unflinching honesty a sadistic regime that made no attempt to rehabilitate or educate youths consigned to its care.??? Screws (guards) come from adult penal institutions with no training in the treatment of boys they call Scum, known as trainees
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