More than 4,000 prisoners have satellite television in their cells, the Government admitted.
Criminals in privately-run jails are being offered the perk as a reward for good behaviour. However, MPs described the disclosure as “absolutely revolting”.
Maria Eagle, the Justice Secretary, admitted that prisoners could watch their own satellite television service in a written Parliamentary answer released just hours before MPs left for their Christmas break.
Criminals in privately-run jails are being offered the perk as a reward for good behaviour. However, MPs described the disclosure as “absolutely revolting”. Maria Eagle, the Justice Secretary, admitted that prisoners could watch their own satellite television service in a written Parliamentary answer released just hours before MPs left for their Christmas break.
Daily Telegraph
What a convenient time to annouce this appalling fact. Society has definitely got it wrong to allow this.
Philip Davies, a Conservative MP, has certainly raised a valid crticism when he said: “No end of my constituents would love to have Sky TV but they cannot afford it, so it is a bit galling for them - through their taxes - to be paying for prisoners to be watching it in their cells.
"This isn't in communal areas, it is in their cells. It has got nothing to do with rehabilitation but is a prime example of how conditions in our prisons are far too cushy."
In the Mail Online Dominic Grieve, Tory justice spokesman, is quoted as saying: 'The public will be shocked to learn that while there aren't enough prison places and drug rehab is woefully inadequate, thousands of prisoners have Sky TV in their cells. It speaks volumes about this government's warped priorities.'
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