Foreign prisoners facing transfer UK. Our THICK Irish Government Should do Likewise.

Thousands of foreign prisoners will be sent back to serve their sentences in their own countries under Government plans.

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With more than 11,000 foreign inmates in a prison population of about 85,000, as many as possible should be transferred to serve their sentences in their own country, the Ministry of Justice said.

The move is part of plans to cut the prison population by 3,000 by 2014-15, but could be hampered by prisoner transfer agreements which require the consent of the prisoner and by human rights objections from inmates. Prime Minister David Cameron will spearhead the initiative, the Daily Mail reported.