Prisoners will no longer have the automatic right to a television in
their cell and could be barred from going to the gym, wearing their own
clothes and watching DVDs unless they are prepared to work, the Justice
Secretary Chris Grayling will announce today.
As part of a part of a package of measures to appease right-wing
complaints that prisons are too lax inmates will be made to “earn
privileges” that are currently automatic.
This will include an
expectation that inmates will no longer be able to turn down prison work
without consequences while perks such as pay TV will end altogether.
However
prison reformers criticised the plans as “punishing people for an
idleness that prisons encourage” and said it was “bizarre” to be
introducing new layers of red tape which would add to the cost of prison
and demands on staff time.
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