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Topic History of: Man released after 17 years for rape he did not commit. Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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JK2006 wrote: One of the many problems that need sorting in 2014 - how we look after released prisoners - whether guilty or eventually acquitted... this scandal has been around for decades.
Just releasing someone onto the streets - with nowhere to live and little money - is almost guaranteed to lead to an immediate return to crime.
This is lunacy.
JK2006
One of the many problems that need sorting in 2014 - how we look after released prisoners - whether guilty or eventually acquitted... this scandal has been around for decades.
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Absolutely shocking.
We give released (guilty) prisoners after-prison support (don't we?) so why should an innocent man be treated in such a shabby way ?
honey!oh sugar sugar.
What the heck was he supposed to do with forty-six pounds? If bed and breakfasts are that cheap I'm moving into one too.
'He left HMP Wakefield within three hours of the verdict being made and was released with just £46 in his pocket and nowhere to stay.
After sleeping in cheap B&Bs and friend's floors Mr Nealon was given temporary accommodation above the constituency office of Birmingham Yardley MP John Hemming, who is helping him adjust to life outside prison.'