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Prison officers to be banned from striking
"Prison officers are to be banned from going on strike, the justice secretary, Jack Straw, disclosed last night.
Mr Straw told MPs that he was now "actively considering" a statutory ban on industrial action in jails in the wake of the first national 24-hour strike by 20,000 prison officers in August over pay".
And, is this an admission that sentencing policy has failed?
"Mr Straw also revealed to MPs that he is taking urgent action to alleviate the prisons crisis by facilitating the release of nearly 400 inmates on indefinite sentences who have already passed the date for their minimum terms".
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
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