Crikey, here goes a Daily Mail stylee outburst.

Anyone else watched Holloway?

The phrase ‘holiday camp at taxpayer’s expense’ springs to mind. The girls that seem to think they are being picked on after a ‘hostage situation’. The TV smashing that just results in a new TV until you do it 3 times, then you just have to *contribute* to the cost. The hairdressers. The (optional!) paid work. The shops. The larking about.

Prison is meant to be a punishment. Prison costs the taxpayer money. Why are prisoners not made to work, with the work being something to benefit society? Picking up litter, cleaning graffiti, any jobs that no-one really wants to do?

Plenty of people innocent of any crime have a lower quality of life than these prisoners. How is that right?

The flipside:
There were some people with mental problems that shouldn’t have been in a prison- why is there not social care for them?