Lazy prisoners binge-watch daytime TV just like teenagers
dailystar.co.ukprisons has revealed. Charlie Taylor said some prisons let inmates stay in their cells for up to 20 hours a day watching the box because it stops them getting violent.
Many governors had failed to introduce a 9am to 5pm work style routine following Covid, and were choosing the easy option of letting them stew in their cells, he said. READ MORE: Thousands of motorists caught out by new speeding rules as Met lowers threshold by 1mphMr Taylor said that although some jails were short-staffed, prison chiefs should get lags back to work or in education to help them for when they are released.
He added: "A lot of prisoners are completely out of the habit of getting up and going to work. It’s a bit like teenagers. "If you allow them to sit around watching daytime TV, they maintain that option.
Prisoners are out of the habit, but I think jails are also out of the habit of running a proper regime." He said that prison workshops are deserted and gardens overgrown.Before the pandemic, convicts would have spent two or three hours in the morning developing or practising new skills then two hours in their cell before one-and-a-half hours exercising. To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Mr Taylor claimed that without skills cons could re-offend.
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