04/10/2005
Prison staff warned over St George’s pins
Prison officers at a West Yorkshire jail have been told not to wear St George’s Cross tiepins in an official report.
A report into Wakefield Prison, by Chief Inspector of Prisons Anne Owers, said that the wearing of the English national flag could be “misinterpreted” as racist.
In the report, Ms Owers said that inspectors were “concerned” to see staff wearing the pins, which had been purchased in support of a cancer charity.
The report said: “While we were told that these had been bought in support of a cancer charity there was clear scope for misinterpretation. Prison Service Orders made clear that unauthorised badges and pins should not be worn.”
Brian Caton, of the Prison Officer’s Association, said: “If the only problem the chief inspector found was tie pins carrying the Cross of St George, which is after all the English National Flag, then there can’t be a lot wrong with Wakefield Prison.”
Among the inmates at Wakefield Prison is Soham killer Ian Huntley. It is also the prison where killer GP Harold Shipman committed suicide last January.
(KMcA/SP)
A report into Wakefield Prison, by Chief Inspector of Prisons Anne Owers, said that the wearing of the English national flag could be “misinterpreted” as racist.
In the report, Ms Owers said that inspectors were “concerned” to see staff wearing the pins, which had been purchased in support of a cancer charity.
The report said: “While we were told that these had been bought in support of a cancer charity there was clear scope for misinterpretation. Prison Service Orders made clear that unauthorised badges and pins should not be worn.”
Brian Caton, of the Prison Officer’s Association, said: “If the only problem the chief inspector found was tie pins carrying the Cross of St George, which is after all the English National Flag, then there can’t be a lot wrong with Wakefield Prison.”
Among the inmates at Wakefield Prison is Soham killer Ian Huntley. It is also the prison where killer GP Harold Shipman committed suicide last January.
(KMcA/SP)
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