In a display of complete and utter shock today, the public learned that criminals, liars and thieves…… commit crime, tell lies and steal! This is the kind of story The Police Inspector Blog was made for.
And then, to complete gasps of horror, if they have been released from prison early for committing crimes, telling lies and stealing, actually RUN AWAY rather than go back to prison!
Too add to the horror of it all, we then learned that the overburdened police (who successfully locked them up in the first place) are too busy to rush about looking for them all over again!
Maybe we just think it’s not worth it.
Some of the criminals released early, who then run away when they breach their licence, actually murdered people. And then we are surprised when they run away.
But hold on! I thought prison didn’t work? So why run away?
One thing I do know is that every time we see on the briefing that a particular dangerous and violent prisoner has been recalled to prison we think:
1. Why the hell is he out already? He was only sent away a few months ago!
2. Who decided he should be released? Does that person live in the same street? I think not.
3. What does the previous victim think?
4. Stop everything we had planned to do this shift while we rush about looking for him (again).
Contrary to popular belief, we do not live in a police state and it can be a devil to find someone again if they really do not want to be found. We actually usually rely upon the fact that most of them are creatures of habit/ too stupid to hide properly/ too easily ‘grassed’ by their so-called mates for a bit of cash.
There is absolutely no point in allowing prisoners to be released early and then being bewildered when they go on to commit more crime and run away to avoid going back inside.


