I am not sure I am attracted to the notion of advertising for prison visiting committees. On the occasions when I have gone hunting for people to put on committees – this is not often necessary because one sometimes finds oneself inundated with people wanting to be appointed – I have found that many people who are offered positions are reluctant to take them because of the interference the duties will cause in their own lives. Advertising positions carries with it the implication that one would have to carefully assess everyone who applies and ask why they are doing so.