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Top Prize In Christmas Raffle at Brit Jail: Inmate's Day Out!
Inmates at HMP Kirkham, near Blackpool, Lancashire, have been told they could enjoy a whole day of freedom if they enter the 1-pound draw.
The raffle is open to the 590 prisoners held at the category D jail, which includes rapists, murderers and other violent offenders coming to the end of their sentences
However, to be eligible for entry in the draw, they must first volunteer to cook Christmas dinner for the elderly at the nearby Milbanke Day Centre.
The reward, which has been condoned by Justice Secretary Jack Straw, has angered the families of violent crime victims.
"They should not be releasing people on this basis. Prisoners shouldn't be rewarded for whatever they have done," the Telegraph quoted Patsy McKie, 62, who set up Mothers Against Violence after her son Dory was shot dead, as saying.
"Anyone could win that prize - even the most dangerous man who is coming to the end of his sentence.
"They should be looking at the individuals and whether they have been rehabilitated enough to be in the community and society," she stated.
HMP Kirkham, a former RAF training base, is an open prison for offenders considered to be low-risk, yet it has a serious problem with drug abuse and holds the dubious record of having more prisoners abscond than any other jail in the UK.
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