Tuesday, May 13, 2008

They've all lost the plot...

Fresh madness from the UK: Murderers and Rapists allowed to keep PlayStations in their cells to "relieve boredom."

It is the latest in a series of perks for convicts. Last month, Ministers faced an outcry amid claims by prison guards that prostitutes and drugs are being smuggled into 'cushy' jails. The Prison Officers Association said inmates have such a good time they even pass up the chances of escape.

Savaging Labour's prisons policy, spokesman Glyn Travis told how inmates benefit from satellite television, free telephone calls, breakfast in bed and officers who treat them with kid gloves for fear of breaching their human rights.

Indeed.

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