Prisoners 'poisoned' by bad egg mayo sandwiches set for £500,000 compensation

So they'll just waste money on rubbish basically, money that could be going to better causes! They don't need that amount of money, fair enough if the amount was lower.

their compensation should be 2 egg mayo sandwiches and a hug

You talk of prisoners getting treats, this tends to be when a prison runs a system called a Token Economy which is actually a rehabilitation programme which rewards prisoners for good behaviours - arguably it doesn't help behaviour too much on the outside but it keeps them behaving in prison.

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Originally Posted by Oli

Anybody who is poisoned by a professional body is entitled to compensation, it just simply shouldn't happen and I don't really think anybody can doubt that.

I think the issue is the amount of compensation being talked about here, I personally have an issue with the whole concept of compensation, I mean does anybody really deserve between £1000 and £5000 compensation because they fell sick for a few days :S Perhaps a few hundred pounds but those figures are stupid, I believe compensation should be a reasonable amount as an apology and then loss of earnings on top of that.

This is a good example of how prison is a punishment though and how lack of freedom is the biggest punishment prison offers ~ what would we do if this happened to us? Yes we'd probably get the compensation but we wouldn't return to the place that gave us food poisoning, we'd take our custom elsewhere - the prisoners don't have that option.

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I completely agree concerning the amount of reparations paid, but prisoners don't have the option to masticate elsewhere because it's a consequence and a right they forfeited after committing the crime which got them sent to prison in the first place.

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Originally Posted by Oli

You talk of prisoners getting treats, this tends to be when a prison runs a system called a Token Economy which is actually a rehabilitation programme which rewards prisoners for good behaviours - arguably it doesn't help behaviour too much on the outside but it keeps them behaving in prison.

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Psychology :D

I don't think they should be rewarded with money, instead maybe a few extra hours outside playing in their play ground or something.

Oh and hospital fool isn't that bad to whoever said it was!

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Originally Posted by flatface

Psychology :D

I don't think they should be rewarded with money, instead maybe a few extra hours outside playing in their play ground or something.

Oh and hospital fool isn't that bad to whoever said it was!

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I didn't mean bad, it's just not exactly the quality of food you could get in your own home - I'd imagine prison food is similar or worse, they need feeding after all :P

They need feeding, but for the sake of murderers and rapists I hope the food they get sucks :)

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Originally Posted by HotelUser

They need feeding, but for the sake of murderers and rapists I hope the food they get sucks :)

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Like it was mentioned before, bread and water should do them!

What do they even need the money for? It's a Category B prison, so I highly doubt they will be released at time soon.

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Originally Posted by Moh

What do they even need the money for? It's a Category B prison, so I highly doubt they will be released at time soon.

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Apparently they get 'treats'