Should Prisoners over 70/75 remain in prison ? - I mean criminals who have not committed murder, rape ?
I thought about this today after reading the news on Ronnie Biggs ...............
Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has been taken to hospital with a suspected broken hip and a chest infection, his son Michael said. The 79-year-old is being treated for the infection in Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in Norwich and will be seen by an orthopaedic surgeon.
Biggs, from Lambeth, south London, is being held on the hospital wing of Norwich prison.
He is eligible for release on July 3.
Justice Secretary Jack Straw is expected to make a decision on the case within days.
Biggs was a member of a 15-strong gang which attacked the Glasgow to London mail train at Ledburn, Buckinghamshire, in August 1963, before making off with £2.6 million.
He was given a 30-year sentence, but he escaped from Wandsworth prison in south west London in a furniture van after spending 15 months in jail. He was on the run for more than 30 years, living in Spain, Australia and Brazil, before returning to the UK voluntarily in 2001.
Michael Biggs said his father was found on the floor of his cell following a suspected fall.
He said: "I think he is OK but obviously very concerned that this is all happening the week he was hoping to come out of prison. I'm on my way to hospital to see him."
Biggs is barely able to walk, is fed through a tube and is expected to be cared for following his release by Barnet Council and the local Primary Care Trust near where his son lives in north London. His family has said he hopes to be free to celebrate his 80th birthday on August 8, 46 years to the day since the heist.
What do you think ?
I feel that aged offenders that have not comitted atrocities should be released from prison, released from the burden to the tax payer and allowed to live their last years with their families.
You guys ???
I thought about this today after reading the news on Ronnie Biggs ...............
Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has been taken to hospital with a suspected broken hip and a chest infection, his son Michael said. The 79-year-old is being treated for the infection in Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in Norwich and will be seen by an orthopaedic surgeon.
Biggs, from Lambeth, south London, is being held on the hospital wing of Norwich prison.
He is eligible for release on July 3.
Justice Secretary Jack Straw is expected to make a decision on the case within days.
Biggs was a member of a 15-strong gang which attacked the Glasgow to London mail train at Ledburn, Buckinghamshire, in August 1963, before making off with £2.6 million.
He was given a 30-year sentence, but he escaped from Wandsworth prison in south west London in a furniture van after spending 15 months in jail. He was on the run for more than 30 years, living in Spain, Australia and Brazil, before returning to the UK voluntarily in 2001.
Michael Biggs said his father was found on the floor of his cell following a suspected fall.
He said: "I think he is OK but obviously very concerned that this is all happening the week he was hoping to come out of prison. I'm on my way to hospital to see him."
Biggs is barely able to walk, is fed through a tube and is expected to be cared for following his release by Barnet Council and the local Primary Care Trust near where his son lives in north London. His family has said he hopes to be free to celebrate his 80th birthday on August 8, 46 years to the day since the heist.
What do you think ?
I feel that aged offenders that have not comitted atrocities should be released from prison, released from the burden to the tax payer and allowed to live their last years with their families.
You guys ???
