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Albanian criminals in British jails cost taxpayers £57 million a year, figures reveal,

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Casdon Sun 06-Nov-22 18:21:28

Or to put it another way, there were 79,514 total prisoners in UK jails (2020 figures latest available), some of whom were Albanians.
This is what the Mail said:
Official report found there are 1,336 Albanians in jail in England and Wales
The average cost of jailing a prisoner in the UK is £42,670 per year
It means that total amount of holding all criminals in prison is £57,007,120
Comes as it was uncovered that 12,000 Albanians have come to the UK this year

Incorrect/unproven /unevidenced assumptions:
every Albanian in jail when the head count was done is there for a full year.
Albanians make up a high proportion of people in jail
more Albanians end up in jail than other nationalities
The Albanians that end up in jail are illegal immigrants

Just remember that you need to read the Mail with a huge pinch of salt, 70% of stories are either completely or partially untrue and stories are poorly researched. (and sensationalised).

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lemsip Sun 06-Nov-22 18:03:50

Albanian criminals in British jails 'cost taxpayers £57MILLION a year', figures reveal as secret files say drug kingpins from the country are infiltrating Britain's streets as illegal migrants
Official report found there are 1,336 Albanians in jail in England and Wales
The average cost of jailing a prisoner in the UK is £42,670 per year
It means that total amount of holding all criminals in prison is £57,007,120
Comes as it was uncovered that 12,000 Albanians have come to the UK this year Four years ago, members of an Albanian gang flooding Britain with cocaine were revealed to brazenly be posting pictures online showing off their guns, cash and expensive cars.

The Hellbanianz gang, based in Barking, east London, are understood to traffic millions of pounds worth of drugs into the UK each year.

But rather than hide their illegal activities like other gangs, the group flaunt their wealth and weaponry online, amassing nearly 100,000 followers. .........dm today

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