Justice is failing the young victims of sexual abuse, here and in the US

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‘More prisons and detention centres need to be opened to ensure that criminals pay for their crimes’, says reader

The setting up of a new National Police Service – a kind of British FBI – to catch more criminals seems a bit pointless if we don’t have any prison space to detain them in (Metro, Wed).

This government has already released thousands of criminals back on to our streets, where the parole service is already understaffed and unable to function properly to prevent reoffending.

More prisons and detention centres need to be opened to ensure that criminals pay for their crimes. Martin J Phillips, Leeds

Are Blair and Brown getting off lightly in face of Mandelson scandal?

While police investigate Peter Mandelson over his allegedly handing sensitive government information to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, could Tony Blair and Gordon Brown please tell us why they employed him twice, despite him being twice forced to resign from cabinet in disgrace?

And was that not enough reason for Sir Keir Starmer not to appoint him UK ambassador to Washington? How could anyone hire somebody whose guilt smells worse than a skunk.

As for Andrew – the former Duke of York – and his connections with Epstein, he is merely a distraction. There does not seem to be such fuss being made about certain US politicians. Tom Brown, Dumbarton

Focus should be on ‘Americans in the files’, says reader

There are calls for Andrew and Mandelson to give evidence in the US over the Epstein scandal. Would it be logical to interview the Americans in the files first? Also, when was the last time an American gave evidence in this country? Mick, West Midlands

‘There are many people whose lives highlight the fact it is becoming impossible to thrive in England’, says reader

In times of adversity and financial instability, there are many people whose lives highlight the fact it is becoming impossible to thrive in England.

So I was delighted to read about Alex Young (Metro, Wed), the 46-year-old from Dorset who built his own prosthetic leg for just £100. They cost £35,000 privately.

England needs good people who, faced with a problem, choose to use their own initiative. We need more people like Mr Young to help build a better England. Connie, Yiewsley

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