Karen Matthews gets 8 years

[Mich the Tester]

I somehow don't think mobile phones were in widespread usage prior to 1997. Some perhaps, but certainly not many.

That's right, but prisoners had access to payphones. Now they might have mobile phones, although I wouldn't say that's a good idea for serious criminals.

[Cyberman]

That's right, but prisoners had access to payphones. Now they might have mobile phones, although I wouldn't say that's a good idea for serious criminals.

Hahaha. Payphones are ever so slightly different to mobile phones. They really should not be allowed to use mobile phones at all IMO !! Prisons should be a punishment but that seems to have been forgotten under Labour. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime !!

[ratewhore]

(was it tomazapan?)

Is that a mix of temazepam and tomato ketchup?


You are devious...

[Mich the Tester]

Hahaha. Payphones are ever so slightly different to mobile phones. They really should not be allowed to use mobile phones at all IMO !! Prisons should be a punishment but that seems to have been forgotten under Labour. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime !!

Perhaps it's cheaper to let low security prisoners use their own mobile than to install payphones, which aren't cheap these days.

[Pickle2]

How many prisons could they have built with the 12.5 Billion wasted on that VAT cut!!

From google search: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...nsandprobation

"In the UK it is estimated that each new prison place costs £119,000 and that the annual average cost for each prisoner exceeds £40,000."

So I reckon to build a prison and provide funding 50 years of use, with 12.5 billion, we could of provided one or more prisons to house a total of 5,700 inmates.

So once youve banged up the first 5,700 drug addled idiots, what next?