He backed an overdue scheme to place more emphasis on rehabilitating criminals and less on expensively locking them up-until the tabloids objected and he took fright.

他支持一项迟到的计划，在这项计划中，会更加重视重新恢复罪犯的名誉，减少把罪犯关住的昂贵支出。直到小报反对，他才大吃一惊。