Take criminals passports away ?

[vehelpfulguy]

Case here of a benefit cheat who would have gone to prison but the prisons were full.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_an d_central/7635697.stm

How about as a penalty we take a criminal's passport away from them for a year or two.

I have always lived an honest life, yet get annoyed at seeing criminals being found guiltly yet seem to serve almost no punishment.

With foreign holidays such a perk, how about depriving them of that for a number of years. It might at least make them think twice next time.

[vehelpfulguy]

As a further comment on my question above.

There is a question in Travel on Answerbank where a lady is asking what to do now that her husband will not be allowed in the USA due to his criminal past.

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Travel/Question 630727.html

I am almost quite pleased that he cannot go as it may make him think twice before commiting a crime in the future.

It is about time that people who commit crimes were made to suffer a bit as there seems to be so little effective punishment nowadays.

Missing out on a family holiday may be one small punishment that may make them think twice.

[anotheoldgit]

Then it's the stocks for you my lad.

[brionon]

No No No. Sentence 'em to Prison and tell 'em to present themselves within 14 days and Hope they flee the Country. Take their Passports away ?? Use yer brains Fer X sake.