Posted on 12/14/2004 8:42:29 AM PST by presidio9
A jailed cocaine dealer is working as Santa Claus on day release from a British prison.
John Tams, who dons beard, boots and red suit to work in a cafe's Christmas grotto, said he wanted to give something back to the community.
"They know who I am and that I've done wrong but they have welcomed me with open arms," the 50-year-old said after helping to build the grotto with a fellow inmate.
Both are on a day release program from a jail in Yorkshire, northern England.
"There were carefully risk-assessed. They do not pose any threat to the public," said a spokesman for the Home Office (Interior Ministry).
So, now they have convicted criminals taking the jobs nobody else wants to do? Don't they have illegal aliens in England?
ping Willie Green and ask him.
Given that most illegal immigrants in Europe tend to be Muslim (and they get the more wacko ones than we get; at least all the Muslims here in the US have to be able to figure out the airline system), I think I would go with the drug dealer.
Damon Wayans' "Homie the Clown" character from "In Living Color" was on prison work release.
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