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<SPAN class=news_summary>With Jamaicans making up the largest single group of foreign nationals in <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 600; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial; POSITION: relative">United </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 600; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial; POSITION: relative">Kingdom</SPAN> prisons, a proposal by British Home Secretary John Reid could result in several convicts returning to <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 600; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: blue 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Jamaica</SPAN>. </SPAN>
<SPAN class=news_body>In an effort to deal with a serious overcrowding problems in British prisons, the Home Secretary announced a pilot scheme this week that will offer the convicts 2,500 pounds to leave Britain.
Under the scheme convicts from outside of Europe will not be handed the money but will be offered the grant for <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial; POSITION: relative">accommodation</SPAN>, education, and training or to set up business after they are deported.
Reports reaching RJR News is that Jamaicans account for almost 3,000 of the 8,000 non-European foreign nationals held in British prisons.
British authorities say for the first six months months of this year 1,206 persons were deported to Jamaica.
During 2004 more than 4,200 persons were sent back to Jamaica after completing sentences in prisons in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.</SPAN>
<SPAN class=news_body>In an effort to deal with a serious overcrowding problems in British prisons, the Home Secretary announced a pilot scheme this week that will offer the convicts 2,500 pounds to leave Britain.
Under the scheme convicts from outside of Europe will not be handed the money but will be offered the grant for <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial; POSITION: relative">accommodation</SPAN>, education, and training or to set up business after they are deported.
Reports reaching RJR News is that Jamaicans account for almost 3,000 of the 8,000 non-European foreign nationals held in British prisons.
British authorities say for the first six months months of this year 1,206 persons were deported to Jamaica.
During 2004 more than 4,200 persons were sent back to Jamaica after completing sentences in prisons in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.</SPAN>