Penny-pinching on prison vans
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MORE money should be spent on special secure prison vane, says the Prison Officers' Association. This might prevent escapes by dangerous criminals In transit. It might also lessen the need to hire vehicles to take remand prisoners to court.
This can have unexpected consequences, as in the case of a minibus hired to take prisoners from Ashford, Kent, to Cheshunt, Harts, The driver, who allegedly drove on both sides of the road, remained In second gear throughout, repeatedly stalled the engine and took 16 minutes to do a three-point turn, was an escaped mental patient.
The prisoners, who believed they were being taken to hear (and, even worse, to see) Boy George, protested that they were being punished without trial and pleaded to be returned to the remand centre.