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January 24, 2008
British Criminals Housed in Pricey Residential Abodes
Posted by Dave Blount at January 24, 2008 7:34 AM
Muslim colonists aren't the only ones to benefit from the moonbattery running rampant in Britain:
Criminals are being treated to £250-a-night bed and breakfast in private homes on residential streets instead of being held in jail. The Ministry of Justice has spent £2.39million paying the rent of 339 offenders who would otherwise be in prison, either on remand or finishing their sentences. […] Residents in areas where the suspects and former prisoners are housed have not been informed of the background of their new neighbours, who include burglars and muggers. They are not confined to the properties, but normally have to observe a curfew.
The cost of keeping the criminals in jail where they belong is less than half as much: £100 a night.
Matthew Elliott, of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said the Government is so "embarrassed" about prison overcrowding — which has already seen 13,000 inmates released early — that it is willing to "throw money at the problem".
Apparently no one has stumbled onto the idea of using the money to build more prisons.
On a tip from xantl.
