Out of interest ozzie is the prison system in America similar to the UK depending on how serious the crime is?
in the uk their are four diferent cat Prisons;
Category A Those whose escape would be highly dangerous to the public or national security. Offences that may result in consideration for Category A or Restricted Status include: Murder, Attempted murder, Manslaughter, Wounding with intent, Rape, Indecent assault, Robbery or conspiracy to rob (with firearms), Firearms offences, Importing or supplying Class A controlled drug, Possessing or supplying explosives, Offences connected with terrorism and Offences under the Official Secrets Act
Category B Those who do not require maximum security, but for whom escape needs to be made very difficult and who are seen as high risk to society.
Category C Those who cannot be trusted in open conditions but who are unlikely to try to escape prison and are medium risk to society.
Category DThose who can be reasonably trusted not to try to escape, and are given the privilege of an open prison. Prisoners at 'D Cat' (as it is commonly known) prisons, are, subject to approval, given ROTL (Release On Temporary Licence) to work in the community or to go on 'home leave' once they have passed their FLED (Full Licence Eligibility Dates), which is usually a quarter of the way through the sentence and are low risk to society.
Obviously the higher the cat prison you are in the longer the sentence and the stricter and the worse it is....... usually A cat prisoners will have to do at least 25 years before being moved down into cat B prisons.......they will not just be released out of A cat prison back into society.........prisoners have to work their way down through the prison system before being released and that is not easy.
I agree the tax payer paying for prisoners TV is an issue but as it stands in the UK prisoners work and pay for that privilage so i have no problem with that at all x
