Jack Straw should walk the plank
I fail to understand why Jack Straw, the Minister of Justice, is actively looking for a prison ship. It is not that long ago that the Labour government bought a ship for £10M, which it then converted (at a cost unknown) into a prison ship HMP The Weare, and subsequently sold at a loss for £2.5M. It was not intended as a permanent solution but as a temporary measure to ease prison overcrowding.
Jack Straw is in a desperate situation. Nevertheless, he needs to be dissuaded from embarking upon a search for another prison ship. The Hulks should be left to penal history. Temporary solutions are not what is needed with prison overcrowding. Throwing good money after bad is just a waste of taxpayers resources.
The recent proposal to build 3 Titan prisons will not only be blots on the landscape, but the only ones to gain from this act of madness will be the private sector.
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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Thursday, December 06, 2007
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