UK Prison System

[Supernick]

Seeing a report on the ITV lunchtime news about the prison system in the Philippines, has sparked a fevered office debate about the UK prison system. The predictable view has arisen that prisons are easy and everyone who is incarcerated gets Playstations, gourmet food, state of the art gyms and a degree as their punishment/rehabilitation. I'm sure that this is probably not true, and prison is considerably harder than that, but does anyone have any experience or knowledge of it? What kind of routine and comforts does a prisoner have if they have been convicted of a serious crime? What kind of life can they expect to lead?

[ludwig]

I see nothing argumentative or personal on this thread until jb's second post aimed at laurence2.

[laurence2]

Thankyou ludwig, its all petty to me

[noxlumos]

The more I try to apologise ( still not quite sure for what, I have tried to be polite) the more I seem to be getting her goat so I'll shut up. Apologies to Supernick for your thread being a bit hijacked in places.