Is English law for children fair?

Last week, four women in the south of England dreadfully abused two children - getting the boy (2 years old) and the girl, a year older to fight each other whilst being egged on by the women...one being a grandmother.
Their punishment? Twelve month prison sentences, suspended for 2 years and 100 hours community service, with them walking out of the courtroom without an ounce of guilt between them.
Wonder how the law, and society, would have acted if it had been four men. Being England...they would have been dragged across to court floor - and made to pay in more ways than one whilst serving their lengthy sentence inside.
I too, fail to understand why the judge failed to impose a custodial sentence on these women (the children's grandmother, mother and 2 aunts).

Thankfully, sense prevailed when the mother had the children removed from her care - they will now be brought up by their father's parents, and hopefully kept well away from their mother and her vile family.
That same day, a man got sentanced to either 4 months, or 4 years. - cant memeber.

cuz he held illegal dog fites in his home


Answer:
I agree, this is disgusting. However, the conviction will be sufficient to have any children removed from their care, and also for any future children born to them to be very carefully investigated before being allowed to remain at home, so perhaps making them pay back their debt to society, rather than rotting in jail at our expense, is not a better punishment but a better outcome for society in geenral - I am not always of the opinion that prison is the best medicine.
that's uk law for you.
they'd have got more for having no tv license
o my god that is terrible, i have a two year old son.
should have shot the fuckers