You are right. The whole of our society is still riddled with these class distinctions, although the counter-signing bit has improved for passports at least. Tracking down a magistrate used to be quite hard!
Presumably the prison service has to be extra careful about who gets in, and who gets out! I would have thought they would have been more interested in a criminal record check than a dubious signature.
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Date: 2006-02-10 12:29 pm (UTC)Presumably the prison service has to be extra careful about who gets in, and who gets out! I would have thought they would have been more interested in a criminal record check than a dubious signature.