is subject to automatic deportation unless they can show that their exclusion would breach their human rights. In reality their ignominy has only just started and soon they will have to face up to the reality of exclusion from the ‘home of cricket’ altogether.
“Amir’s position is somewhat different in that his custodial sentence was for less than 12 months. Therefore, he will not face automatic deportation but he could nevertheless still be excluded under the general immigration rules on the basis that his exclusion is conducive to the public good having regard to his character, conduct or associations.”
A report published recently damned the Wandsworth prison and found the culture of self-harming and suicide at a high level. It also found that many prisoners had not taken bath for many months. Racist graffiti and anti-social messages were found on the walls. The report said the guards at the prison facility used abusive language, and they were callous and uncaring, guilty of intimidation, racism and sexism. Pakistani cricketers are currently being held in Category B at the Wandsworth Prison which is a closed prison reserved for prisoners who are likely to escape from the prison and whose escape needs to be made difficult. The Category A prisoners are those whose escape would be highly dangerous to the public or national security. They are sharing the category with dangerous criminals, terrorism suspects, serious crime offenders such as rapists, drug dealers, gun pushers, torturers and repeat offenders.
The lawyers of Pakistani players have argued that Pakistani players have committed a white-collar, non-violent crime and they are not likely to make a run under any circumstances, therefore they should be shifted trusted in open conditions and must be allotted Category D — an open prison where inmates are reasonably trusted and allowed not to try to escape, and are given the privilege of an open prison.
The teenage bowling sensation Mohammad Amir has been shifted from notorious Feltham Young Offenders Institution to a special secure rehabilitation centre for young people in Weymouth known as Her Majesty’s Prison Portland, a seaside tourist attraction town in Dorset, England.