Bruce Banner Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Rent at Southampton flat owned by Jeremy Hunt soared last year (yahoo.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FANG Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 2 hours ago, anonguest said: Are you kidding? I could have sworn that sort of offence barely gets you more than a suspended sentence and community service these days? 😉 Heck, you can be an illegal immigrant get convicted of a sex offence and still not be legally required to be deported upon completion of sentence. Everything is being devalued these days - including the justice system.  I've written about this before. As the standard/quality and price of housing continues to fall the gap between prison living and 'free' living narrows to an alarmingly small difference that a point will come when the sentiment you voice here will become much more commonplace. When people have nothing to lose they lose it! Sadly you are right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancTom Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 4 hours ago, FANG said: You may a well punch a few coppers and get one of these free for a few years. Why overpay for it as there is no difference really. New 'smart' prison with no bars on windows and cells called 'rooms' is no 'soft touch', says justice secretary Dominic Raab | UK News | Sky News   Not the same. In the communal areas of the prison you will have to navigate violent, nasty people. Personally I don't fancy sugar and boiling water in my face, which I have read is a favoured form of attack for a slight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FANG Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 34 minutes ago, MancTom said: Not the same. In the communal areas of the prison you will have to navigate violent, nasty people. Personally I don't fancy sugar and boiling water in my face, which I have read is a favoured form of attack for a slight. Well just don't piss anyone off then. You may be afforded some protection by solitary confinement or the prison guards and what do you expect for £0.00. Imagine the carnage in the block that you will be paying for.    Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonguest Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) 3 hours ago, msi said: we all know your feelings on 'others' ... Â Baby Killer And we all know you have no feelings at all on what others think! Edited February 27 by anonguest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonguest Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) 1 hour ago, MancTom said: Not the same. In the communal areas of the prison you will have to navigate violent, nasty people. Personally I don't fancy sugar and boiling water in my face, which I have read is a favoured form of attack for a slight. Boiling water I get. But... What's with the sugar? That aside, your comment is still a bit of a generalisation though? There are prisons and there are prisons. Not read the article in full but am guessing these new cells will be minimum security type prisons? It refers to HMP Five Wells which, apparently, is a Category C prison - so relatively low levels of risk of violence presumably? So, IF the idea holds true and the convict meets the requirements (e.g. first time offender/never in trouble with the law previously, older age, non-violent crime of not too great a nature, etc.) then for a selected few it could really be a way of avoiding having to work for a living for a while. 😉  Edited February 27 by anonguest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan110_0 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Gets the smoked kippers with knob of butter prepared. Can't see the problem here. Goat brain soup, bit of halal slaughter in the communal area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancTom Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 21 hours ago, anonguest said: Boiling water I get. But... What's with the sugar? Â apparently it makes it stick to the skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberbrown Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 13 minutes ago, MancTom said: apparently it makes it stick to the skin. It also increases the temperature too. Boiling water is only 100 degrees. Boiling sugar is much hotter. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonguest Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 2 minutes ago, bomberbrown said: 17 minutes ago, MancTom said: apparently it makes it stick to the skin. It also increases the temperature too. Boiling water is only 100 degrees. Boiling sugar is much hotter.  Ahhh. Nasty! 😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sta100 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 On 2/27/2024 at 10:38 AM, FANG said: You may a well punch a few coppers and get one of these free for a few years. Why overpay for it as there is no difference really. New 'smart' prison with no bars on windows and cells called 'rooms' is no 'soft touch', says justice secretary Dominic Raab | UK News | Sky News   You may scoff, but many older people in Japan are choosing prison life as they are taken care of better there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zugzwang Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 14 minutes ago, sta100 said: You may scoff, but many older people in Japan are choosing prison life as they are taken care of better there. That doesn't sound very Japanese! I suspect they're more likely to kill themselves than bring shame on the family name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sta100 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 23 minutes ago, zugzwang said: That doesn't sound very Japanese! I suspect they're more likely to kill themselves than bring shame on the family name. They don't have any family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zugzwang Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 hour ago, sta100 said: They don't have any family Ok but you must have a link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sta100 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 2 hours ago, zugzwang said: Ok but you must have a link? 48.30 onwards  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Angry Capitalist Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 On 2/27/2024 at 9:31 AM, Dyson Fury said: https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24142689.southampton-new-tower-block-400-flats-six-kitchens/ Think about those floor areas and how they translate to the actual room sizes. 18.5 sq m is 200 sq ft = 20ft x 10ft, or 17ft x 12ft. This is to include living area, bed (are these the ones that fold up into the wall to save space?), cooking area and en-suite.  Summary of comments from this and earlier articles on the proposal: - will the lifts to upper floors work reliably - what will be the condition of the communal halls and stairwells - what will be the condition of the communal kitchens and dining areas - sounds like a giant HMO - a similar scheme is London now has rooms that can be rented by the hour - a slumlord scheme for housing illegal migrants paid for by the Home Office - a slumlord scheme for housing transients at LHA rates paid for by the local council etc etc etc I guess we will be onto pods next at £100,000 a pop. Never been to Southampton but assuming from this development there is probably a reason for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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