Saturday, July 4, 2009

(Don't) name that prisoner!

I couldn't make this up.


Along with letting the Muslims institute Sharia law in what use to be England, we now find this:

Civil servants have refused to name inmates who have fled prison even though individual police forces will often identify them if they pose a risk to the public.

They say releasing their names would breach obligations under the Data Protection Act.

It echoes a row in 2007 when Derbyshire Police refused to release pictures of two escaped murderers.

The latest development emerged in response to Freedom Of Information requests to name inmates on the run rom the prison near Woodbridge, Suffolk.

The open prison which has sea views and once held Tory peer Jeffrey Archer is known as Holiday Bay because of its easy-going regime.

The Ministry of Justice confirmed 39 prisoners had absconded from Hollesley Bay between January 1, 2007, to March 31, 2009.


The stupidity is obvious. The Russians must have put something in the water 30 years or so ago.


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Hat Tip to Urgent Agenda

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