If your fit and healthy but unable to get work and claim benefits.... they should ALL be made to do community work in their area. If they single parents with children in school on benefits, get them to work 9.30 til 14.30!
As for the hard core cons, ie murderers, rapists, child molesters etc, send them on a 6mth tour to Afghanistan and get them 300 yds in front of all our troops on patrol, doing mine clearing. If they survive the tour, they're a free person in our society, if they don't, thats a lesson to those back home...DON'T COMMIT THESE CRIMES!!!!!!
That will save our well trained troops and help clear out the overcrowded prisons... job done!
Wouldn't that put a cat amongst the pidgeons!