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Prisoners on the run can't be named in case it breaches their human rights, says government
The Daily Mail ^
| Juny 3, 2009
| Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 07/03/2009 3:25:56 PM PDT by driftdiver
Escaped prisoners who are on the run will not be named in case it breaches their right to privacy, civil servants have ruled.
The edict has been made even though many convicts are fully identified with photographs sent out by police at the time they go on the run.
Ministry of Justice officials say the Data Protection Act means they are unable to confirm the names of escaped prisoners still at large.
Justice Secretary Jack Straw is being urged to investigate the ruling amid fears it could undermine public appeals to track down escaped prisoners.
The policy was revealed when the ministry refused a Freedom Of Information request to name inmates on the run from Holleseley Bay prison near Woodbridge, Suffolk.
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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: government; prison; uk
And the slide of a once great country continues
To: driftdiver
What a bunch of screwballs!
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posted on
07/03/2009 3:27:19 PM PDT
by
A. Morgan
(The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. Lawrence)
To: driftdiver
I knew this was Britain from the title alone.
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posted on
07/03/2009 3:27:23 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: driftdiver
They are committing suicide.
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posted on
07/03/2009 3:27:39 PM PDT
by
La Lydia
To: driftdiver
England is finished, and with Maobama in the White House and Grandma Pelosi as speaker, we’re not far behind.
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posted on
07/03/2009 3:28:27 PM PDT
by
Signalman
To: driftdiver
Uuhhhh, didn’t they break the law by escaping? Guess not.
To: driftdiver
The total insanity coming out of the UK is no longer shocking or amusing.
It looks like they’re several years ahead of us.
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posted on
07/03/2009 3:29:34 PM PDT
by
angkor
To: driftdiver
Hello? Anybody home? Who’s tending the store over there in England, anyway?
Roolz iz roolz, doncha know. Can’t be just throwing them away.
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posted on
07/03/2009 3:33:09 PM PDT
by
alloysteel
(Never let an inanimate object know that you are in a hurry.)
To: driftdiver
My ancestors left England in the 1700s to get away from fools like this.
Bad enough that they still exist there - but they're also taking over America too.
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posted on
07/03/2009 3:41:48 PM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: driftdiver
Jeez, are there any men left in England?
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posted on
07/03/2009 3:50:42 PM PDT
by
rocksblues
(Sarah and Joe, Real Americans!)
To: rocksblues
“Jeez, are there any men left in England?”
Dunno but it’d probably be against the law to name them.
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posted on
07/03/2009 3:53:43 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
Insanity. Just like us. Insane.
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posted on
07/03/2009 4:05:03 PM PDT
by
ataDude
(Its like 1933, mixed with the Carter 70s, plus the books 1984 and Animal Farm, all at the same time.)
To: driftdiver
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posted on
07/03/2009 4:25:07 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: Drew68
I knew this was Britain from the title alone.Coming soon to a neighborhood near you.
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posted on
07/03/2009 4:36:33 PM PDT
by
bgill
(The evidence simply does not support the official position of the Obama administration)
To: driftdiver
Note to British Authorities: "'Monty Python' was a COMEDY show. Please stop using as Instructional / Training Tapes!"
FYI: Please pass on to European Union and Parliament. (You did hear that they were keeping the rules about not selling ugly apples and tomatoes - right?)
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posted on
07/03/2009 4:49:01 PM PDT
by
SES1066
(Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
To: driftdiver
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posted on
07/03/2009 6:36:14 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
("A new Dark Ages made all the more terrible and prolonged by the sinister powers of science.")
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