Back to the future?

As could easily have been envisaged by thinking persons, when/if put into practice,  the holy 'Law and Order' platform of Tories will tend to fairly rapidly fill gaols and other repositories of convicted felons and lesser crooks. And, since the building of non-profit  centres such as prisons is an expense not normally attractive to aspirant voters, very little is done in that area when 'law and order' doctrines are not to the forefront of politics.

Result? Critical overcrowding of extant penal facilities such as that which now confronts the Vic.state government (and, probably Queensland as well?). What to do?

Simple! Supplement current corrective facility accommodation with ... 'Shipping containers'! I kid you not! The Vic. 'brain storms' are setting up trial container solutions in selected Northern areas of the state almost immediately. Apparently, a similar scheme has been found to work in N.Z.

I wonder if only a cartoonist's mind would visualize this as reversal of history? That is... Oz gaol, to the hulks, then transportation ...