We are very lucky that these migrants coming in aren't adding to prison numbers,imagine how packed they would be then😆

DD - somewhat different - Sunak released "up to 70 days early" - Starmer proposes releasing prisoners with jail terms of up to 4 years after only 40% of sentence served. MoJ warns of unchecked criminality on the streets.

I wouldn’t want to see any sex offenders or violent offenders released any earlier than is currently built in to the parole system, but there are plenty of examples of crimes for which a custodial sentence does very little good other than serve as a punishment. A very good friend of mine was jailed for something that would probably have been better (and far more cheaply, and more quickly) addressed with help and support in society. I’m not saying he didn’t need any form of punishment, but tagging him and requiring him to sign in weekly at a given location or something would have been far more effective than custody - two and a half years wasted, followed by years trying to get his life back to some kind of normal when he was literally zero threat to anyone other than himself… Release (and help) those people, retain the dangerous ones inside - just my opinion… 🤷🏻‍♂️

As the Tory election campaign showed, they are addicted to telling lies.

I think their planned reform for parole is to make it 40% of time served but not have that as an option for violent offenders, and to provide greater support to avoid reoffending cycles.

You cannot seriously expect right-wing fruitcakes to engage with facts, logic or context.

What do you do with 1,000 rapists if there’s no prison space? Either you have to free up room by releasing lower risk criminals or you put the rapists out into the community instead. It’s hardly controversial to put most dangerous behind bars.

RK - if that is true then that is good. He should not be granted parole. I did not know if this was the case.

STD - the government, quite rightly, cannot step in and interfere with the parole system in this country. That would be a dictatorship if they were able to do so. Every criminal is legally allowed to apply for parole after half their sentence - this is the law. A law kept in place by the Conservative government just kicked out of office. Should the offence carry a longer sentence - yes - but that sentence was given under the previous Govt who could have sent it to appeal to be increased. I personally believe the sentence should be longer and there should be no parole but this incoming Govt cannot just wade in and change the legal decision of the judge without a good reason - unfortunately.

Spit, the parole reduction excludes crims found guilty of sexual or violent crimes but don't worry about the facts!

OI-or 40 new hospitals!

In fairness Owen Goodman was only 19 when joining Colchester. Quite young for a Keeper and his first professional matches. For outfield loans I look at no longer a teen and not on his first loan. Ramsdale was 20 and had pro experience. Assuming my "rule" works for Keepers we may have timed (in his career) this correctly.

I think it disgusting that after a whole week in office, the government has not built a single new prison!

It's not like the previous government ever did such a thing, after all. Oh, hang on - [Link]

StD - my apologies - still think you should rebrand as the X-man

Dint worry Surrey Bob,I did mention it afew days ago and Russ put me right on it 😂I also mentioned that a leader of a grooming gang who got 13 years is up for parole after 7 years inside.,but the left on here ignored me,as there are certain subjects they don't like to address.

Page 46 of The Times - Make a sporting career your goal - features silent Joe Palmer

SB - yes a sideways move to another L2 side wouldn’t be a massive positive. If they had a good season in L2 then L1 teams would be interested.

Russ - which calls into question the Palace keeper who was at Colchester last year - surely a L1 club for him this season unless he is not very good

StD - unlike you to be so slow - no comment on the 1000s of scum that Labour will release early to commit further crimes

I think the rumour earlier in the summer was to get one experienced GK and then a young GK (either perm or on loan). I assume that Ward is the experienced backup and the main GK is still to come. Ideally it would be someone on their second loan but I doubt you send out a promising GK to League Two for their second loan spell unless they’ve spent the last year in non league.

After pigot get 10 goals by January, he will get recalled and loaned to notts county 😂

If Ward is intended the backup then really he just needs to be “good enough” and “as cheap as possible”, and if so he seems a pretty good signing for that role, as he certainly won’t have been in a position to make massive wage demands. For the real keeper we need someone who is “as good as possible” within our budget constraints, and presumably that will be the rumoured loan signing from Palace, which will set us up ok if we get him

And to be fair, we don't tend to get it *too* wrong in the keeper department. Though it'll be a shame that whoever is first choice will be compared (unfavourably) to Bass

Morning all. Isn't that Palace lad who's supposed to be joining us likely to be first choice keeper wise?