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DaveinGermany · 13-01-2011, 13:14

So the closing down of these 3 Prisons which, apparently are "unfit for purpose" ? Really ? why ? Because of human rights & suchlike ? Brought in & enforced by who exactly ? Means 850 places have to be found in other Prisons throughout UK.

Shouldn't be to difficult really, the present Prison population is about 85,000 according to various sources, UK Prisons can hold approximately 87,000 so loads of room. Mind you if we didn't have so many foreign prisoners languishing & lapping it up in our Prisons (Oh about 11,500 if we could get shut then the Prison population of around 73,500 would be easily accommodated ! Not Rocket Science).

However due to certain people & their policies guess what ? We're stuck with them ! Now consider this, the average cost for a years bed & board for these creatures (irrespective of home grown or foreign) is about GBP 41,000 ! GBP 41,000 ! Multiply that by 11500 ! I did but can't get my head round such astronomical numbers ! Such a vast amount of wasted resources that could be better spent elsewhere & the Country certainly needs it there's no denying. So lets just back track a bit to find out the real culprits are here, who let them in ? Who jailed them ? Who signed up to an act that prevented us repatriating them ?

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DaveinGermany a multieloquent Mule Xeno Tactic Champion! Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Back in Bramsche, Germany Posts: 9,023 Blog Entries: 76 Liked: 4664 times Rep Power: 905668	re: tough on crime tough on the causes of crime So the closing down of these 3 Prisons which, apparently are "unfit for purpose" ? Really ? why ? Because of human rights & suchlike ? Brought in & enforced by who exactly ? Means 850 places have to be found in other Prisons throughout UK. Shouldn't be to difficult really, the present Prison population is about 85,000 according to various sources, UK Prisons can hold approximately 87,000 so loads of room. Mind you if we didn't have so many foreign prisoners languishing & lapping it up in our Prisons (Oh about 11,500 if we could get shut then the Prison population of around 73,500 would be easily accommodated ! Not Rocket Science). However due to certain people & their policies guess what ? We're stuck with them ! Now consider this, the average cost for a years bed & board for these creatures (irrespective of home grown or foreign) is about GBP 41,000 ! GBP 41,000 ! Multiply that by 11500 ! I did but can't get my head round such astronomical numbers ! Such a vast amount of wasted resources that could be better spent elsewhere & the Country certainly needs it there's no denying. So lets just back track a bit to find out the real culprits are here, who let them in ? Who jailed them ? Who signed up to an act that prevented us repatriating them ?