Prisoners are set to be prevented from
claiming legal aid to pursue complaints against the prison system, the
government has announced.
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said taxpayers' money was being used
for "unnecessary legal cases" that could be dealt with by the prison
service.
The Ministry of Justice will consult on the proposals which it said
would mean 11,000 fewer cases and save £4m a year.
Prison campaigners said the plans
were "profoundly unfair" and "negative".
I’m not sure what these ‘prison
campaigners’ are complaining about, the whole point of a prison is that it
takes away certain rights from an individual, because they gave them up when
they decided to break the law.
So why should they be allowed to spend
taxpayers’ money pursuing legal claims, which I’m guessing most are bogus and
most of them are probably only doing it because they’re bored and have nothing
better to do.
I have no doubt that there will be
some genuine claims hidden in the pile somewhere, but it could have all been
avoided if they’d decided to be a law-abiding citizen.
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