The Anonymous Widower

Ronnie Biggs

It is wrong that Ronnie Biggs is being kept in jail.  He has had several strokes, he can’t speak and what else does he suffer from.  He is no threat and would be cheaper to keep in a hospital than a prison.  So why not let him out on grounds of costs alone?

In his excellent book, Prison Gate, David Ramsbotham talks of lifers with severe mental disorders and Alzheimer’s who are cluttering up prisons.  Like Biggs, they are no threat.

We must be humane in our treatment of prisoners as we will only lower the whole of society to their level.

July 1, 2009 - Posted by AnonW | World | Alzheimer's, Law, Politics