Male prisoners in England and Wales must work
harder for privileges such as TVs in cells, the government has said.
Inmates will be made to wear a uniform during their first two weeks in
jail and their access to private cash to call home will be restricted.
Satellite and cable TV channels, currently available in some private
prisons, will be banned altogether.
The Prison Reform Trust said “getting rid of tellies” was not going to
cut re-conviction rates.
Of course the single act of removing TVs won’t cut
conviction rates, but if they are incorporated with the other measures being
proposed then maybe there’s a chance they could.
Recently there have been several programmes where
camera crews have gone into prisons and filmed convicts as they go about their
lives, and some of them had TVs, games consoles etc. which made me ask at the
time is there some sort of new Call of Duty themed rehabilitation initiative that
I didn’t hear about? If you reach the rank of Major you get let out six weeks
early.
When Chris Grayling became justice secretary we the
electorate were promised a tough, no-nonsense approach, and thankfully that’s
just what we’re getting.
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