Foreign national offenders in prisons cost the taxpayer £600 million every year in custody costs alone. More than one Farm Tax’s worth of revenue there…
The TaxPayers’ Alliance has dug into the prison nationality data released this morning and found that a total of 11,153 foreign nationals were in custody as of 30 June this year making up a whopping 13% of the total prison population. Seeing as an average inmate costs £54,000 per year…
Albanians cost the most at £64,184,593. TPA chief executive John O’Connell said: “Foreign offenders should be deported to their countries of origin, not left to leech off the wallets of law-abiding families.” He might find agreement with the public…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”
