lags to get their own radio station the AA grumpy column
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:48 am
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PAMPERED lags are to get their OWN radio station — beamed into every cell in the country at a cost to taxpayers of £2million, The Sun can reveal.
The music and chat station will be broadcast to an audience of 81,000 at 140 jails like London’s Wormwood Scrubs Last night the Prison Service defended the cost amid outrage It said cuts meant inmates spent more time in their cells.
The shows are set to go out 12 hours a day to all prisons in England and Wales after getting the go-ahead from Jack Straw’s Justice Ministry.
Shadow Justice Minister Edward Garnier said the £2million cost was a “cock-eyed waste He hit out as officials defended the idea — claiming prison cutbacks meant lags now spend more time in their cells.
Mr Garnier scoffed: “This Government has presided over the worst prison overcrowding in the history of the Prison Service.
“Now it tries to pretend pumping radio programmes into cells makes everything all right “It would be comic if it were not so tragic.
The Prison Service, which came up with the idea, claimed the £2million to start the station up would come out of existing budgets and a charity would chip in with running costs.
A senior source insisted: “As prisoners are having to spend more time in their cells, it was felt it was important to launch this kind of service.
An official claimed keeping inmates in cells longer was saving £17million a year — and stressed the station would carry “messages and educational programmes.
He added: “It can also be used to communicate to prisoners in the event of an incident.
But one staffer at the Ministry of Justice, which runs the Prison Service, said: “We’re cutting back everywhere “It’s ridiculous spending this sort of money to pamper prisoners even more.
Mr Garnier said: “It would be better to have prisoners doing something useful like working rather than lying on their beds listening to Jack Straw twittering at them over the radio.
Fury over new £2m radio station to entertain lags | The Sun |News
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you just couldnt make it up could you so heres a few ideas for radio programes on radio scrubs
6.00 Wake Up With West
No, you’re not still asleep having nightmares, it really is the genial tones of Rose West to start your day.
8.00 whats around your area
an informative chat show with special guests on whats worth nicking in your area
10.00 Woman’s Hour with Karen Matthews
Mother of the year Karen talks women’s issues with fellow inmates.
12.00 Screwshour
Catch up with the news of the screws covering your wing this week.
2.00
car crime for beginners
dont miss this one it tells you whats the fastest models to nick the easiest models to nick and how to evade that scoobie chasing you down the road at 50mph
5.00 out and about with peter sutcliffe
take a tour of the hotspots around west yorkshire
8.00 The Killers — Live from holloway
starring amie bartholomew, emma last, rochelle etherington and alison walder
10.00 Fighting Talk with Abu Hamza
Belmarsh’s bigot with the big mouth is taking calls off the hook all night.
12.00 the doc
phone in programme discuss your medical problems with our resident doctor doctor harold shippman
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PAMPERED lags are to get their OWN radio station — beamed into every cell in the country at a cost to taxpayers of £2million, The Sun can reveal.
The music and chat station will be broadcast to an audience of 81,000 at 140 jails like London’s Wormwood Scrubs Last night the Prison Service defended the cost amid outrage It said cuts meant inmates spent more time in their cells.
The shows are set to go out 12 hours a day to all prisons in England and Wales after getting the go-ahead from Jack Straw’s Justice Ministry.
Shadow Justice Minister Edward Garnier said the £2million cost was a “cock-eyed waste He hit out as officials defended the idea — claiming prison cutbacks meant lags now spend more time in their cells.
Mr Garnier scoffed: “This Government has presided over the worst prison overcrowding in the history of the Prison Service.
“Now it tries to pretend pumping radio programmes into cells makes everything all right “It would be comic if it were not so tragic.
The Prison Service, which came up with the idea, claimed the £2million to start the station up would come out of existing budgets and a charity would chip in with running costs.
A senior source insisted: “As prisoners are having to spend more time in their cells, it was felt it was important to launch this kind of service.
An official claimed keeping inmates in cells longer was saving £17million a year — and stressed the station would carry “messages and educational programmes.
He added: “It can also be used to communicate to prisoners in the event of an incident.
But one staffer at the Ministry of Justice, which runs the Prison Service, said: “We’re cutting back everywhere “It’s ridiculous spending this sort of money to pamper prisoners even more.
Mr Garnier said: “It would be better to have prisoners doing something useful like working rather than lying on their beds listening to Jack Straw twittering at them over the radio.
Fury over new £2m radio station to entertain lags | The Sun |News
AAG
you just couldnt make it up could you so heres a few ideas for radio programes on radio scrubs
6.00 Wake Up With West
No, you’re not still asleep having nightmares, it really is the genial tones of Rose West to start your day.
8.00 whats around your area
an informative chat show with special guests on whats worth nicking in your area
10.00 Woman’s Hour with Karen Matthews
Mother of the year Karen talks women’s issues with fellow inmates.
12.00 Screwshour
Catch up with the news of the screws covering your wing this week.
2.00
car crime for beginners
dont miss this one it tells you whats the fastest models to nick the easiest models to nick and how to evade that scoobie chasing you down the road at 50mph
5.00 out and about with peter sutcliffe
take a tour of the hotspots around west yorkshire
8.00 The Killers — Live from holloway
starring amie bartholomew, emma last, rochelle etherington and alison walder
10.00 Fighting Talk with Abu Hamza
Belmarsh’s bigot with the big mouth is taking calls off the hook all night.
12.00 the doc
phone in programme discuss your medical problems with our resident doctor doctor harold shippman
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