Brexit means brexit.
And if the UK withdraws from the ECHR, which the tories keep going on about, it'll become even harder to extradite known criminals.
Which means everyone can visit the UK, go on a crime spree safe in the knowledge the police are underfunded, then take the eurostar and enjoy your ill gotten gains without worrying about ever having to serve jail time.
Chariotwheel@kbin.social 1 year ago
"Just hand it over to us right now. It's overcrowded, but there will be new places soon (tm). Also, we won't tell you what prison."
So sloppy and unprofessional. I didn't think the state of UK prisons was so bad.
thehatfox@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There were news reports this week of multiple prison officers smuggling contraband and even having sexual relations with inmates at HMP Berwyn. That’s one of the UK newest prisons.
The system feels like it is in free fall at this point.
Chariotwheel@kbin.social 1 year ago
Man, it really feels like the UK is coming apart at the seams. It's still holding together, but everything gets worse bit by bit. And despite it being in the open, some people just pound the drums louder, wave the flag more and think that past glory will protect from current failures.
I do hope you get a government worthy of Britain's positive legacy, not just rest on it as if it's eternal and unending.
_xDEADBEEF@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Feels like the entire country is
smeg@feddit.uk 1 year ago
This sounds like it’s kind of even worse than that, looks to me like nobody even bothered reading the response from the German court until it was too late! One vague response from one police station on the final day, sound like this just got forgotten.
Chariotwheel@kbin.social 1 year ago
I've heard that the British police is understaffed. So that have something to do with this.
Maeve@kbin.social 1 year ago
Revenge when the uk refused to extradite those abused by the USA to the USA? USA has influenced allies in the wrong way, and it’s extremely alarming.
themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Most countries prisons are not in a good state. Germany is playing hardball here because its funny, but I’d wager German prison aren’t really that much better.
The basic reason is that most people don’t feel like their country should spend more on convicted criminals than they already do, so running on “I’m going to build better prisons” isn’t really a thing that gets you votes.
Chariotwheel@kbin.social 1 year ago
Actually, we deny requests quite often for various reasons from all kind of countries. Only except is the EU where there are special agreements in place. I think we would've delievered in the UK if the police station named a prison where he would've been gotten in. So I put that on the reluctant communication by the Manchester police station on a large degree.
As for German jails, putting aside some events like someone burning to death despite being completely restrained and the police saying "oh wow, no idea how that happened. Probably magic." we solve overcrowding by letting people with minor offenses go. Although statewise, specifically looking at Berlin, it's getting pretty bad.
Maeve@kbin.social 1 year ago
I can’t speak to German prison conditions, but I can absolutely guarantee that it would generate votes if a candidate ran on that; it’s just that those votes are from the underserved and disenfranchised that gave up voting long ago, and we largely want to keep those non-voters underserved, disenfranchised and not voting.
BakedGoods@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Have you ever head of the word “cope”?