Inspector backs TV and film ‘rewards’ for drug-free prisoners

REWARDS of extra television channels and more movies as an incentive to inmates trying to kick drug habits have been backed by the Inspector of Prisons.

Measures such as reward systems to curb the scourge of drug use behind bars seem “well founded”, said Mr Justice Dermot Kinlen, after he inspected Weatfield Prison.

Prisoners themselves made the suggestion after complaining that the only incentive given to them so far, to stay off drugs, was a basic kitchen appliance.