Playstations, Movies Are Perks For Prisoners
10/11/2008 06:03
PLAYSTATIONS, a
four-channel pay-TV service and a special movie
station are available to Victoria's
high-security
prisoners.Jails have approved PlayStation game consoles for 65 inmates this year.
About 50 consoles have gone to prisoners in jails for the worst offenders - Barwon and Port Phillip prisons.
Inmates who have a game system in their cell must pay for it and cannot play games rated higher than PG.
But taxpayers are footing the bill for inmates to receive pay-TV at Loddon and Fulham prisons.
The service is also in cells at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, which houses body-in-the-boot killer Tania Herman.
Critics are angry offenders such as murderers and rapists are getting the perks.
The Crime Victims Support Association said it made a mockery of victims and that many decent, working Victorians could not afford pay-TV.
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SINC SAYS:
Looks to me like prison administration were trained for their jobs by our local city administration. There are many who cannot afford $ervus$ Place, yet they are taxed to supplement the playground of the rich.
