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Tories call for offenders to wear uniform



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Published Date: 22 December 2008
OFFENDERS carrying out work in the community as part of their sentences should wear high visibility uniforms, the Conservatives suggested yesterday.
The party's justice spokesman, Glasgow MSP Bill Aitken, said the move would raise public awareness about criminals working in their communities, and remind offenders they were being punished for breaking the law.

The Scottish Government last week announced an overhaul of the system, which will see fewer low-risk offenders sent to prison.

Mr Aitken said: "We acceptthat in some cases community sentences are appropriate. But we believe the public should be aware of the situation at all times."

A spokesman for justice secretary Kenny MacAskill said: "We have been piloting new ways of making the work more visible to communities and will act on the results."



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  • Last Updated: 21 December 2008 9:20 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Conservative Party
 
1

subrosa,

22/12/2008 00:30:04
Pink would be a good colour and they'd stand out from the crowd.
2

Dragonhead,

Dalian,China 22/12/2008 04:20:27
#1 subrosa, A perfect colour for them, but it will be overturned as usual as being demeaning and agin their 'Uman Rights'!
They should adopt the tactics of Sheriff Joe Arapaio in the states.His methods work at a fraction of the cost we are spending on them.
3

donald,

glasgow 22/12/2008 05:19:07
Howe about Old Firm shell suits, then we would know the bams? Or they could wear Tory Union Jack arrows on their claes.
4

Kenny A,

22/12/2008 07:24:07
Do not have a problem with them wearing identifying clothing, just waiting for the Nazi's and star of David comparrisons to appear. The work in the community is a joke anyway.

2 Dragonhead I posted a few thoughts in reply to your post about yesterdays drink in the Army issue. Have a look.

5

Guga II,

Rockall 22/12/2008 08:41:14
#2 Druginhead.

"at a fraction of the cost we are spending on them"

Eh????

Who is "we". You are a pretendy Chinese, and are spending nothing on them. Incidentally, I am reliably informed that you are actually a Kiwi (as well as being a pretendy Chinese). So I say again, who is "we", and how much are "you" spending on them?
6

subrosa,

22/12/2008 09:07:37
# 2

That's the name of the Sheriff I was thinking about. Thanks. He's certainly got the right idea. Didn't he do away with TV then the US government said he had to supply TV, so he hooked all TVs up to the news and weather forecast and said that's your TV.

Time we had a bit of that in this country instead of the play station etc culture.
7

Mr. Lachie Todd,

Edinburgh 22/12/2008 10:38:02
IF, this Tory dinosaur walks around the streets of any Scottish city he will see dozens, even hundreds, of workmen (and women) wearing fluorescent jackets of one colour or another.

Does he want Tory blue with black arrows just like the cartoons, or blue/grey and white stripes like Auschwitz-Birkenau?
8

Newton_Invented_Gravity,

22/12/2008 12:38:29
Should be prison-orange.
Then we could call them 'orange men' ;-)
9

ebbi,

spain 22/12/2008 19:23:47
what? for the whole parliament and the cabinet ministers?
all of them? that sounds a good idea!!!!!!
10

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22/12/2008 23:23:27
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Dragonhead,

Dalian,China 27/12/2008 03:40:05
Pretendy Chinese,me? Never ever.Speak the language but have never ever pretended to be Chinese.
There is a Kiwi connection, so what? As for "we" absolutely appropriate. As I have said before, you can have porridge stains on your shirt and heather between your toes.That makes you a "Shortbread tin" Scot.A Wannabe back before 1746, when you got your butts kicked.Tut tut tut! Grow up.

 

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