Is David Blunkett the stupidest man on earth?

If they serve the slop american jails serve and give them cold steel to lie on, the freed prisoners ought to be allowed to sue for all the freedom and comfort lost.

The amounts of money concerned are obviously massive for those being charged, and yet a drop in the ocean for the government's prisons budget.

It hardly seems worth all this bad press just to re-coup these (relatively) small amounts.

I agree. He is an idiot.

Oiy! What a screw-ball system.

Un-believable! At least we give them an apology!