Heartbeat – #40 – S04E10 – Arms and the Man
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
'Cold turkey' compensation
A group of UK prisoners are sueing the Home Office for infringing their human rights for forcing them to go cold turkey while incarcerated. The case was due to go to the High Court yesterday but now it looks like the Home Office is going to settle out of court. Apparently the government doesn't want to suffer an embarrassing loss under its own human rights legislation. Around 198 prisoners may be compensated. What a terrible precedent. How long will it take to catch on here?
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Some folks pay good money to be tucked away in a rehab centre. Sure, give them the compo under HR legislation and then claim it back as rehab fees!
Lock 'em 7 give them all the smack they want.
Easy...
Well, cold turkey is the best rehab ever...and the cheapest, hehe. Just lock them up good and come back after two weeks. They'll have cooled down by that time.
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