Flat screen TV’s ordered for Scottish prisoners.

The 19 inch 1,600 flat screen TV sets to be used across the estate , including at the new sites at Shotts and Low Moss. would not cost the taxpayer any money the Scottish Prison Service said but the labour is angry and said the purchase would shock the public .

The hundreds of flat screen television sets The Scottish Prison Service are ordering for inmates are to meet energy efficiency targets ..
The prisoners are charged a small weekly fee for the televisions and any purchase of equipment is paid by the prisoners themselves, therefore, no cost to the taxpayer.
In 1999 when Labour began its eight year term at Holyrood the SPS said televisions had been a feature of prisons. Many of my constituents can not afford new televisions, and particularly the sleek 19 inch flat screen sets, Richard Baker, Labour’s justice spokesman said and what sort of message does this send.
Scottish Prison Service is seeking a future supply of in cell television which is energy efficient and meets the Scottish Prison Service green target.
The prisoners have the televisions at the discretion of the governor; televisions are not a right but a privilege.