Prisoners painted room for ex-minister Jacqui Smith

[AtW]

An inquiry is under way into how two day-release prisoners ended up decorating the house of former Labour Home Secretary Jacqui Smith instead of doing community work.

The men, from HMP Hewell in Redditch, were on a scheme run by a local charity, the Batchley Support Group.

A prison service spokesman said there had been "a mistake".

Ms Smith said the prisoners "didn't have anything else on" and she made a donation to the charity for their time.

Ms Smith stepped down as home secretary in June 2009 following the revelation that she had inadvertently claimed parliamentary expenses for pornographic films ordered by her husband.

She lost her seat as MP for the Worcestershire constituency of Redditch to Conservative Karen Lumley in the 2010 general election.
Phone-in

Since leaving politics, Ms Smith has worked on a number of media projects, including making a documentary on pornography for the BBC.

Source: BBC News - Prisoners painted room for ex-minister Jacqui Smith

[Mich the Tester]

An inquiry is under way into how two day-release prisoners ended up being forced to enter the house of former Labour Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and spend time in her company

In clear breach of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;

Article 5
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

[minestrone]

She looks like she always has the painters in.

[vetran]

You would want to pay for porn if you woke up next to that!

Problem is she probably doesn't understand what she did wrong.

[TimberWolf]

I'd prefer it if they painted the walls of the cells of a few ex ministers.

[pacharan]

She's alwaois had the lik of someone who's got.the painters in lol

[Churchill]

She's alwaois had the lik of someone who's got.the painters in lol

FFS, switch off the text prediction on your phone.

[Mich the Tester]

FFS, switch off the text prediction on your phone.

Do you think that will improve his spelling?

[cailin maith]

She's alwaois had the lik of someone who's got.the painters in lol

What in the name of God is it, that you are trying to say?

[Churchill]

Do you think that will improve his spelling?

It'll keep him busy for a while...