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Prison governor says stuff prisoners turkey this Christmas

By John Hirst

Prison governor says stuff prisoners turkey this Christmas

It did not take long for the fall out from this case to spread from a maximum security prison to a low category resettlement prison. Ebenezer Scrooge, the governor of Blantyre House, has decided to take turkey and Christmas pudding off the prisoners Christmas Day menu, because he does not believe that this once a year treat is publicly acceptable. Bah humbug!

Apparently, the governor had also decided to block prisoners from benefiting from the Release On Temporary Licence Scheme over the Xmas period. However, this decision was challenged by a prisoner who states "he had allowed Muslim prisoners to go out on the celebration of Eide and actually gave them travel warrants to go to the Mosque and be at home with their families".

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on November 22, 2008 (boomark / email).