Home Secretary, John Reid, today outlined plans to ease prison overcrowding. The Give A Yob A Home initiative will see ordinary households across the UK open their doors to prisoners deemed low risk. ‘By living in the homes of ordinary members of the public, prisoners will be set a better example and help towards their rehabilitation,’ said Mr. Reid. Later in the day he went to see a pilot scheme that has been in operation for the last twelve months in Ridley, East Somerset. Within the local community, a category ‘B’ prisoner, nicknamed ‘Dog’, has been placed in the home of seventy three year old pensioner, Doris Manley.

‘Dog been such a love,’ said Mrs. Manley. ‘He sorted out that problem I had with the window cleaner. And then he helped raise money for the local church. We had hoped for a new steeple but Dog is very persuasive. He’s raised enough money for a new steeple, a church bus, and a bungalow in Spain. We’re the envy of every church in the area.’

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