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He is a for court-martialled, was sent to Colchester Prison (an army establishment) for the first ht days, he was automatically transferred into the prison system to complete his term

And now for the second twist A European Court ruling has recently determined that the armed forces disciplinary syste from a court martial must be released

Not only ht Stephen be set free, but he will also be entitled to £60,000 in co reinstated as a captain Our ue have decided that you should not be arrested, charged, tried and convicted by your peers

Stephen tells me that there are 600 such prisoners currently in British jails, and he hopes to learn the outco in the next feeeks

The final twist – just before he was arrested, Stephen received a letter fro considered for promotion to major

DAY 236

MONDAY 11 MARCH 2002

900 am

A ery whom I despise

Drink drivers are the staple diet of NSC Of the 220 prisoners currently resident, around 20 per cent have been sentenced with driving offences Sadly, Tony is not untypical

Tony is in his early fifties, the father of five children by four women He currently lives with another wouilty to his latest charge, of driving whilst being disqualified and uninsured (surely the time has come for all motorists to display – as they do in France – an insurance disc, as well as a road fund licence) For this, his latest offence, Tony was sentenced to twelve ing facility, he will be released after four Now here is the rub: during the past twenty years, he has been charged with twelve similar offences, and sent to jail on seven separate occasions He’s been banned fro for four years, and happily tells anyone ill listen that as soon as they release him he’ll be back behind the wheel

It gets worse He’s currently ee as a second-hand car dealer, and therefore has access to a variety of vehicles, and adet ‘tanked-up’ at the pub across the road once he’s closed a sale He displays no re to prison He considers NSC to provide a slightly higher standard of living than the one he currently enjoys on a Scunthorpe caravan park

Perhaps the tiularly convicted of drink driving to one of ‘potentialwith it a custodial sentence of four years in a closed prison, and treat such people like any other violent criminals

12 noon

Alison tells ra the Decades While accepting the fact that I can’t appear on camera, they ask if I could do a telephone interview They already have contributions fro I ask Governor Leighton for a view, and he says that he’ll seek advice from the Home Office27