Fury as prisoner wins complaint against jail bosses after there was no MILK for his porridge

A PRISON inmate won a ailment aft determination was nary beverage for his porridge.

Jail bosses were rapped by the ombudsman for lone providing h2o for the lag’s meal oats astatine weekends.

Another upheld ailment came from a transgender inmate who moaned astir not being capable to bid size 10 women’s shoes portion astatine a men’s jail.

A 3rd prisoner, who was deaf, got a refund arsenic his TV had nary subtitles, though helium utilized the acceptable to play machine games.

Another inmate had £8.22 refunded aft it was ruled they were unfairly charged for a replacement kettle.

The cases were uncovered successful a Freedom of Information probe implicit moans to the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman from 2023 to 2024.

The watchdog upheld 21 gripes successful a twelvemonth — 9 astir accommodation, 8 implicit equality and 4 astir food.

Kevin Moore, retired Detective Chief Superintendent and Head of CID astatine Sussex Police, said: “As idiosyncratic whose occupation it was to support superior criminals disconnected the thoroughfare successful bid to support the nationalist safe, this makes my humor boil.

“This is conscionable truthful emblematic of today's 'woke' nine present impacting connected the alleged rights of prisoners who are expected to beryllium locked up arsenic a punishment for the crimes they person committed.

“I americium definite that the wide nationalist are arsenic appalled arsenic I americium regarding immoderate of these outcomes. I judge that prisoners person rights but to me, this is stretching these to the limits.”

The ombudsman declined to comment.

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