Another One For The PC Brigade To Work On !!

lancsdave · 10-12-2006, 18:24

Inmate wants festive hats banned

A prisoner is calling for a ban on prison officers wearing festive hats at Christmas. Jamie Chapman said that officers in Father Christmas-style headgear "rubbed salt in the wounds" for inmates missing relatives over the festive season.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/c...re/6166587.stm

harwood red · 10-12-2006, 18:30

Well all I can say to that is....

TOUGH.

should have thought of that when doing the crime he was sent down for!!!

SPUGGIE J · 10-12-2006, 18:31

If he hadnt got banged up in the first place he wouldnt have had to put up with it. Sounds like a nice punishment for them.

accymel · 10-12-2006, 18:32

simple answer tough !!!!!!! dont do the crime if ya cant do or handle the time!!

tough sh7t on them is what i say !!!

What about those families that have had their loved ones taken away from them or those that these dispicable people have harmed & no doubt ruin many of xmas for them!!

maxwell silver · 10-12-2006, 18:35

Unbelievable!!And does this upstanding pillar of society not think that the prison staff who are keeping an eye on his ilk might be missing their families too?Should have kept his nose clean in the first place.

SPUGGIE J · 10-12-2006, 18:42

I considered getting the hanky out but that lasted less than a 1/4 of a nano second. Mels right about prison officers having to miss their families because of the dregs of society. Me I wouldnt even let these lags think about crimbo.

Wynonie Harris · 10-12-2006, 18:43

What annoys me more than anything about this story is the quote from the HMP "spokeswoman" saying that the prison service recognised that the festive season could be difficult for inmates and efforts were made to minimise distress.

Why shouldn't it be difficult for the sods and why should any effort at all be made to minimise their distress?

That little statement shows all too well just where the authorities' sympathies lie.

West Ender · 10-12-2006, 18:50

That's it, in a nutshell Wynonie. My house was burgled not long after my husband died. I know what stress feels like and I'm all for burglers, muggers, thieves and all the rest being as stressed as possible. A hundred years ago we gave them hard labour. Now we give them a rest-cure.

SPUGGIE J · 10-12-2006, 18:53

The authorities are looking for a nice quiet festive period so they will cow down till their moans.

Ianto.W. · 10-12-2006, 20:59

Where has your crumb of human kindness dissapeared to, surely these poor unfortunate wretches need some comfort in their incarceration, after all they did not commit these 'crimes' to have the mickey taken out of them, it was nothing 'personal', happy christmass.

entwisi · 10-12-2006, 21:47

he was probably inside for nicking soem kiddies Xmas pressies anyway

SPUGGIE J · 10-12-2006, 22:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ianto.W.

Where has your crumb of human kindness dissapeared to, surely these poor unfortunate wretches need some comfort in their incarceration, after all they did not commit these 'crimes' to have the mickey taken out of them, it was nothing 'personal', happy christmass.

Ian you Od'd the Merlot?

CASPER · 10-12-2006, 23:08

I think they should also wear flashing badges with Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year!

WillowTheWhisp · 10-12-2006, 23:32

How silly. Why shouldnt the prison officers have a bit of the festive spirit whilst they are stuck there guarding these criminals? Giving in to the whims of the prisoners is rubbing salt in the wounds of the law abiding prison workers who are apart from their families at Christmas.

garinda · 11-12-2006, 00:08

They should trim their cells up like this, and pipe in Cliff Richard's 'Mistletoe and Wine' 24/7.

Merry Christmas scumbags.