Prisoners are threatening legal action against the Government to get more subscription sports channels on their cell televisions.
Inmates at a jail in South Wales already have Sky Sports 1, but have lodged a formal complaint with the prison authorities that they do not also get Sky Sports 2 and 3.
The limited choice of channels meant criminals missed out on watching Brighton play Liverpool in the Carling Cup last Wednesday night ââ¬â and seeing Manchester City play Everton on Saturday.
The fight for sports rights led David Davies, the MP for Monmouth, to point out that many people outside prison could not afford the channels. It beggars belief they are complaining about this ââ¬â I haven't even got Sky Sports myself, he said.
Officials at HMP Parc in Bridgend, South Wales, a Category B prison, said prisoners were allowed Sky Sports 1 for good behaviour.
But one officer complained: They can spend all day watching Sky Sports 1. But they're hacked off because they don't have Sky Sports 2 and 3. They've been moaning it is a breach of their human rights.
Mr Davies, chairman of the Welsh Affairs select committee in the House of Commons, said: I am aghast that we are paying for prisoners to watch Sky TV. What next? Will prisoners be given a box at the Millennium Stadium for rugby matches?
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Inmates at a jail in South Wales already have Sky Sports 1, but have lodged a formal complaint with the prison authorities that they do not also get Sky Sports 2 and 3.
The limited choice of channels meant criminals missed out on watching Brighton play Liverpool in the Carling Cup last Wednesday night ââ¬â and seeing Manchester City play Everton on Saturday.
The fight for sports rights led David Davies, the MP for Monmouth, to point out that many people outside prison could not afford the channels. It beggars belief they are complaining about this ââ¬â I haven't even got Sky Sports myself, he said.
Officials at HMP Parc in Bridgend, South Wales, a Category B prison, said prisoners were allowed Sky Sports 1 for good behaviour.
But one officer complained: They can spend all day watching Sky Sports 1. But they're hacked off because they don't have Sky Sports 2 and 3. They've been moaning it is a breach of their human rights.
Mr Davies, chairman of the Welsh Affairs select committee in the House of Commons, said: I am aghast that we are paying for prisoners to watch Sky TV. What next? Will prisoners be given a box at the Millennium Stadium for rugby matches?
Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8789233/Prisoners-demand-more-Sky-Sports.html
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