UK: Male prisoners' free family phone calls are scrapped - but women's aren't under MoJ decision

Submitted by Matt on Sun, 2021-12-19 18:58

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'Free family calls for male prisoners have been scrapped – but women will keep the perk.
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But the Ministry of Justice decided in October that men could do without their £5 phone credit, though women still needed the freebie.

A spokesman cited a higher rate of self-harm among female prisoners: a rise of two per cent in women's prisons compared to a 16 per cent fall in male jails in the year to June 2021.'

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