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> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2733663.ece
>
> Negotiations to send hundreds of foreign prisoners to two countries have
> not even started, despite Gordon Browns announcement yesterday that
> they would be repatriated swiftly.
>
> Mr Brown told MPs that prisoners from Nigeria, Vietnam and China would
> be sent home as expeditiously as possible because of deals the
> Government will sign with the respective countries.
>
> But last night it emerged that negotiations with Nigeria have only just
> started, while talks with Vietnam have not even begun. The Prison
> Service is in consultation with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
> over the timing of talks with China.
>
> An agreement has already been signed with Jamaica, which tops the list
> of foreign nationals in jails in England and Wales, although only a
> limited number of the 1,400 Jamaicans in British prisons will be
> returned home.
>
> The scale of the problem facing the Government is disclosed in figures
> showing that only 136 foreign national prisoners were repatriated in
> 2005, while 9,610 foreign nationals started jail terms in England and
> Wales.
>
> It also emerged last night that prisoners from two jails reserved
> exclusively for foreign nationals have been released early to ease
> prison overcrowding. Some 21 foreign nationals held in Bullwood Hall and
> Canterbury jails have been released 18 days early under the Ministry of
> Justices emergency early release scheme.
>
> In the wake of the revelation that the two jails now hold only foreign
> nationals, Mr Brown told MPs that deals on repatriation were being
> sought with Nigeria, Vietnam and China which account for a further 1,700
> inmates. Until recently prisoners had to consent to repatriation, but
> ministers have scrapped the rule and hope to increase substantially the
> number being sent home to serve their jail term.
>
> Mr Brown told the Commons during Prime Ministers Questions: We will do
> more by signing agreements with countries like Jamaica, which has 1,400
> foreign prisoners in British cells, Nigeria which has more than 1,000
> foreign prisoners in British cells, Vietnam and China - 400 and 300
> prisoners in British cells. We will sign agreements with these countries
> so we can return prisoners from our cells as expeditiously as possible.
>
> However, before any deals can be concluded ministers need assurances
> that sentences imposed by the British courts will be enforced fully in
> the home states. It is also likely to be difficult to reach a deal with
> China, given the difficulty Britain has in persuading the country to
> take back failed asylum-seekers and illegal immigrants.
>
> The Prison Service has started clustering foreign nationals in a
> series of jails because of rising numbers, growing concern at the
> problems they face and as a way to concentrating resources in one area.
> Prisoners have similar regimes to those in other jails, though there are
> more English language courses and wider dietary provision.
>
> Paddy Scriven, general secretary of the Prison Governors Association,
> said last night that putting foreign national prisoners in clusters was
> an economic way of treating them.
>
> Frances Crook, of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said: There is a
> significant number of Jamaicans in English prisons for drug smuggling
> offences. Many of these couriers, particularly women, were forced into
> smuggling drugs by Jamaican gangs and are now housed in jails thousands
> of miles from their families and loved ones.
>
> An agreement with Jamaica would hopefully see them returned to that
> country, something that most would welcome.

>> of miles from their families and loved ones.
>>
>> An agreement with Jamaica would hopefully see them returned to that
>> country, something that most would welcome.
>
> Thus, is the ongoing Bad Joke of Broon-shites Nu Labour
> .
>
>

> Steve Greene wrote in message
> news:3cqvh39mp8gk96551m6ras1ntrgt7c0j87@4ax.com...
>> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2733663.ece
>>
>> Negotiations to send hundreds of foreign prisoners to two countries have
>> not even started, despite Gordon Browns announcement yesterday that
>> they would be repatriated swiftly.
>>
>> Mr Brown told MPs that prisoners from Nigeria, Vietnam and China would
>> be sent home as expeditiously as possible because of deals the
>> Government will sign with the respective countries.
>>
>> But last night it emerged that negotiations with Nigeria have only just
>> started, while talks with Vietnam have not even begun. The Prison
>> Service is in consultation with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
>> over the timing of talks with China.
>>
>> An agreement has already been signed with Jamaica, which tops the list
>> of foreign nationals in jails in England and Wales, although only a
>> limited number of the 1,400 Jamaicans in British prisons will be
>> returned home.
>>
>> The scale of the problem facing the Government is disclosed in figures
>> showing that only 136 foreign national prisoners were repatriated in
>> 2005, while 9,610 foreign nationals started jail terms in England and
>> Wales.
>>
>> It also emerged last night that prisoners from two jails reserved
>> exclusively for foreign nationals have been released early to ease
>> prison overcrowding. Some 21 foreign nationals held in Bullwood Hall and
>> Canterbury jails have been released 18 days early under the Ministry of
>> Justices emergency early release scheme.
>>
>> In the wake of the revelation that the two jails now hold only foreign
>> nationals, Mr Brown told MPs that deals on repatriation were being
>> sought with Nigeria, Vietnam and China which account for a further 1,700
>> inmates. Until recently prisoners had to consent to repatriation, but
>> ministers have scrapped the rule and hope to increase substantially the
>> number being sent home to serve their jail term.
>>
>> Mr Brown told the Commons during Prime Ministers Questions: We will do
>> more by signing agreements with countries like Jamaica, which has 1,400
>> foreign prisoners in British cells, Nigeria which has more than 1,000
>> foreign prisoners in British cells, Vietnam and China - 400 and 300
>> prisoners in British cells. We will sign agreements with these countries
>> so we can return prisoners from our cells as expeditiously as possible.
>>
>> However, before any deals can be concluded ministers need assurances
>> that sentences imposed by the British courts will be enforced fully in
>> the home states. It is also likely to be difficult to reach a deal with
>> China, given the difficulty Britain has in persuading the country to
>> take back failed asylum-seekers and illegal immigrants.
>>
>> The Prison Service has started clustering foreign nationals in a
>> series of jails because of rising numbers, growing concern at the
>> problems they face and as a way to concentrating resources in one area.
>> Prisoners have similar regimes to those in other jails, though there are
>> more English language courses and wider dietary provision.
>>
>> Paddy Scriven, general secretary of the Prison Governors Association,
>> said last night that putting foreign national prisoners in clusters was
>> an economic way of treating them.
>>
>> Frances Crook, of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said: There is a
>> significant number of Jamaicans in English prisons for drug smuggling
>> offences. Many of these couriers, particularly women, were forced into
>> smuggling drugs by Jamaican gangs and are now housed in jails thousands
>> of miles from their families and loved ones.
>>
>> An agreement with Jamaica would hopefully see them returned to that
>> country, something that most would welcome.
>
> Thus, is the ongoing Bad Joke of Broon-shites Nu Labour
> .
>
>

> Why are you just reposting all these with no additional content, you
> fucking gonk?