Do You Think Garry Glitter Should Pay to Be in HMP

Yes I do. When he get out he will still have all his money plus interest paid. And do it again.

All prisoners have all benefits stopped

That man should have to pay all his victims some money for therapy after what he's done he should be in a room with nothing but bread and water scum bags like that shouldn't have human rights

Of course not, it’s not place of choice. Rich MPs, Lords, celebrities do not want to be in prison.

Yes I think assets should be seized when someone is in jail for such an offence. The reason this doesn't happen is politicians are always taking back handers etc and don't want to risk this happening to themselves but the huge costs of taking someone to prison should be on the criminals as much as possible. Even if that means the family of the criminal becomes homeless especially if their home was funded by theft and corruption. This would be a huge deterrent to crime if all their gains were at risk. Of course it would also mean innocent relatives would not get their inheritance if the assets seized ended up being all their assets. I mean prison costs per year especially someone in isolation is huge and the cost of going through the court system is huge too then you add the time and money in collecting evidence etc would be a large sum. I wouldn't be against all those costs being factored in. However again if the police may pursue richer criminals in preference to poorer criminals so there must be processes in place to protect against that. Like everyone the police are getting more and more under-resourced.

I personally don't think the funds should go directly to their victims generally because this will lead to many false claims. There should be a general compensation system. I certainly don't see why a person raped by a poor person should get less than someone raped by a rich person. It should be a standard amount otherwise we will have many false claims against rich people.

I guess you would have to wait for all the legal processes to be exhausted before you could use these assets although they could be immediately seized and frozen.

Ultimately as we continue on our road to becoming a much poorer country we will have to think about how we raise more funds for institutions like the prison service. In the US the prison population is used as basically slave labour. The money they make is often used to pay court costs, provide basic luxuries in prison etc. China does the same but on a much darker level with prisoner organs also being removed. I seem to remember there was product in Tesco, christmas card or something with a message from a Chinese prisoner saying 'please help us' or similar. It's a horrible path to go down but we have to be realistic about our debt level and what we can afford.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/15/us-prison-workers-low-wages-exploited

Some really interesting answers here. Thank you

Yes and he should never be released either , any money he has should be given to the victims

I believe it is a choice as criminals know they have broken the law and choose to do it. I feel that anyone who has pots of money from illegal gain should be made to pay for their keep, on top of compensating their victims. Controversial but I also feel those not on benefits should pay a moderate daily fee for hospital stays when saving on food and energy costs.

No.