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  Criminals were handed an extra £2 million of taxpayers' money in the first nine months of a scheme which allows them out of jail early.
  Justice Secretary Jack Straw said the cash was shared between nearly 24,000 inmates freed during the period.
  Conservatives said the hand-outs "added insult to injury" because not only were offenders being freed early, they were being "paid for the privilege".
  The Tories calculated the sum amounted to £82 per prisoner, on top of the standard £47 discharge grant received by all offenders on leaving jail.
  
  I have mixed feelings on this cos if you just throw the lads out onto the streets with very little or no cash then many turn to petty crime just to raise some cash for food and drink and the cycle of crime starts all over again.Maybe train and bus warrants with food coupons would be a better solution than hard currency.
  
  I also feel we should have govt run factories or work schemes where these lads could go and work for 6 months in the community earning a reasonable wage and doing jobs like getting rid of graffiti,pressure washing chewing gum off pavements,watering street plants and general tidying.None of which are rocket science and quite easy to undertake and would be beneficial for the local community.
  But it would give them a reason to get out of bed in the morning and the opportunity to get back into the routine of full time employment.

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