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Taxpayers Footing Prisoners Viagra Bill?

This prison system in Great Britain has some big perks. The release of a convicted terrorist last year for the bombing of a Pan Am flight raised some eyebrows because he was on his death bed. The Scottish system allows for these convicts to die at home with family.

For his part in an attack that killed another man, Ryan Scott was given a plush air mattress in his “joint” because he was complaining of a sore back.

The West Lothian Penitentiary called “The Addison” by its inmates have flat screen TV’s and Freeview for their entertainment, and some cells were reported to be private with en-suite showers and air-conditioning.

Now it has been reported that inmates whom have weekend leave are being handed Viagra for their conjugal visits. Just last week a spokesperson for the Scottish Prison Service confirmed that this £5 ($7.98 USD) was being handed out.

Doctors at the prison are prescribing them for hardened guys out for the weekend. A jail source reported that the convicts are obviously happy they are getting “something for the weekend”.

Tory justice spokesman blasted the scheme saying “How on earth can this be justified? There is no reason the taxpayer should be paying for this.”

The same source said that only prisoners that meet NHS guidelines for erectile dysfunction are being supplied the Viagra. This is the same criteria that men in the community are faced with.

But does this simple fact make it okay for the taxpayers to be footing the bills for flat screens, air conditioning, special air mattresses, and ED drugs?

What is the point of prison with all these perks? Maybe keeping the prison populations moral high to make life in general more tolerable?

Everybody has an argument for and against these perks for prison inmates, but the final judgments are all on the wardens of these jails, what they do with their budgets to make the jails run smoothly are their decisions.

And as far as this spokesperson is concerned, “What prisoners do on home release is a matter for them, and long as it is within the law.”