So if I don't buy my next TV licence, get caught and refuse to pay the fine, I will be sent to prison where I can watch it free.

If the TV is provided for good behaviour, why can't all good citizens have a free TV licence?

And my parents pay tax and some of it goes for prisoners to watch tv?

picking up the soap or paying tv licence its up to u tops

They shouldn't. It's as simple as that.

exactly and this article annoys me aswell

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20270325

he's not getting enough butter for his bread.....

Because without a tv what the hell else are they gonna do? Start a riot and escape. I'd rather let them watch 'Friends' in prison than have them running around the streets looting everything.

I doudt they will be able to escape a prison cell. There in there for a reason

and also 80 years ago there was no such thing as tv and didn't see any riots

I can agree with maybe having a tv room. But having a tv in everyone cell is pathetic and now they can even have internet.

They shouldn't have any luxuries, they aren't there to have a good time. It's supposed to be punishment.

There are certain people in prison who just need to be steered in the right direction and have just not had the right upbringing but people like Breivik should be locked in a room for the rest of their lives and thrown bread every so often. Breivik and anyone else who has intentionally taken a life certainly doesn't deserve their own, let alone a TV and internet access.

yep exactly depends on who the person is and what the crime is some people may be allowed like a newspaper or something

also wouldnt this cause many poor people to want to go to jail for tv , food and a nice bed to sleep in

Yeah. If I was homeless with little chance of getting back on my feet I know where I'd rather be.

On the streets getting scraps out of takeaway bins or inside a prison cell with the chance of even having the odd luxury at some point? Prison any day.

Yep At this day in age i'd rather be in prison then living on the street

I should have my on forum blog on here call it "tops topics" ;D

100% agree with this

they gotta have tv to keep up with family members on crime watch! simples!

murders no tv petty stuff tv

Homeless people are on the streets, sleeping rough for a reason, and 99% of them are the nicest people you could wish to meet. Whatever their reason for being homeless, im sure its nothing to do with robberies, murders, child killers etc. IMO, if you are in prison, you have been convicted for a crime, and deserve NOTHING, let alone a TV.

exactly I'd honestly rather be in prison then on the street with no shelter, food or tv

Ive done time myself and can honestly say its like been at a holiday camp, Unless your banged up for reasons i wont mention but pretty sure u can guess.

Just because you get convicted for a crime doesn't mean you're guilty.

I heard they have sky sports but not sky movies