The singer was cheered when he arrived at Pentonville Prison, but has since been moved to solitary
Posted on 09/15/2010 5:31:21 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
George Michael had been placed in solitary confinement for his own safety last night - despite prisoners cheering at his arrival.
The multi-millionaire was in a high-risk unit at Pentonville Prison, North London, and will soon be moved to another jail, the Daily Mail has learned.
He was sentenced to eight weeks on Tuesday for crashing his car while high on cannabis. It is expected he will spend only four weeks in custody.
Prison governors decided it was too risky to put the singer in with the general prison population.
Although they want to move him to another prison, they are limited because Michael’s conviction is for a drug offence which under Ministry of Justice rules prevents him going to an open prison.
Alternatives include category C Wayland prison in Norfolk or Elmley in Kent. Both are closed jails and house lower-risk and local prisoners.
A prison insider said: ‘Governors want to move George from Pentonville as soon as possible as he is not the right type of inmate for that sort of jail.
‘He is currently in a segregation cell because his high profile makes him a target for any thug who wants to make a name for himself. Unfortunately, because he has committed a drug offence the options are limited.
'He will have to go to another closed prison and that means a lot more stress for him.
Michael, 47, who shares his £5million house in Highgate, North London, with partner Kenny Goss, was greeted by cheers when he arrived at the jail, an ex-inmate said yesterday.
He had to swap the grey pin-striped suit he wore to court for prison-issue blue jeans and a T-shirt before being taken to his cell, which is furnished with a bunk bed, toilet, TV and radio.
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Strike up the bards! We've got some lyrics here.
Wake me up, before I go-go, ‘cause I’m not planning on going solo...
Well, he did have an album called “Fate”.
;-)
Wait a minute. Pot is a harmless, victimless drug, and we ought to legalize it completely. /s
LOL!
“Wait a minute. Pot is a harmless, victimless drug, and we ought to legalize it completely. /s”
He also had a boatload of prescription drugs in his system at the time of the wreck.
Alcohol is legal and you still can’t go plowing through traffic stewed to the gills.
"FAITH" Sheesh!
I screwed that one up! My bad. I'm going to bed. :-(
As a crime victim who has had the intense frustration of dealing with law enforcement. I can tell you this: Theoretical claims that driving under the influence of pot would be dealt with, once the drug is legalized, do not impress me much. Even if cops are honest and dedicated (a big “if”), they cannot be everywhere. We have quite enough problems with booze as it is, without adding pot to the list of legal drugs.
Song of the Weeds--Don Redmond
The same logic that you are implicitly using would also support the conclusion that sobriety causes accidents, because a certain number of auto crashes occur among drivers who have not been drinking.
Although I don't have the stats, I will speculate the accidents caused by sober drivers surpass the number of accidents caused by drunk drivers.
Therefore it is obvious that driving sober ought to be illegal, and sober drivers should be punished.
Absurd. What needs to be compared is accidents per mile while under the influence vs. accidents per mile while not impaired. Since most people drive while not impaired, there are obviously going to be more accidents involving sober people. However, drunk or drugged people have more accidents per mile. Case dismissed.
“Theoretical claims that driving under the influence of pot would be dealt with, once the drug is legalized,”
Yep. Because we have all those crazy mishaps occurring because people are smoking pot and driving. LOL!!
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