"We talk about Christmas traditionally as the season of good cheer, but I don't think that sort of Dickensian jollity really cuts the mustard in prison. I tend to take a slightly different slant; I describe it as the season of hope."
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Jail terms are ‘unjust’, says bishop (1 December 2022) Inside Time
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