Morton disgusted at prison conditions

Samantha Morton has claimed convicted paedophiles are treated better than children in care.

The Minority Report star, who grew up in a series of children's homes, said she was disgusted at what she called the "fantastic" conditions in a sex offenders' prison. The 29-year-old visited a prison in Lancashire in preparation for playing Myra Hindley in a TV drama called Longford.

She said: "The way they treat children in children's homes is appalling, yet these paedophiles have Sky telly." Describing her early years growing up in the care system, she says: "We had no carpets, no nice beds, nothing."