A PRISON inmate won a complaint after there was no milk for his porridge.
Jail bosses were rapped by the ombudsman for only providing water for the lag’s breakfast oats at weekends.
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Another upheld complaint came from a transgender inmate who moaned about not being able to order size ten women’s shoes while at a men’s jail.
A third prisoner, who was deaf, got a refund as his TV had no subtitles, although he used the set to play computer games.
Another inmate had £8.22 refunded after it was ruled they were unfairly charged for a replacement kettle.
The cases were uncovered in a Freedom of Information probe over moans to the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman from 2023 to 2024.
The watchdog upheld 21 gripes in a year — nine about accommodation, eight over equality and four about food.
Kevin Moore, retired Detective Chief Superintendent and Head of CID at Sussex Police, said: “As someone whose job it was to keep serious criminals off the street in order to keep the public safe, this makes my blood boil.
“This is just so typical of today’s ‘woke’ society now impacting on the so-called rights of prisoners who are supposed to be locked up as a punishment for the crimes they have committed.
“I am sure that the general public are as appalled as I am regarding some of these outcomes. I accept that prisoners have rights but to me, this is stretching these to the limits.”
The ombudsman declined to comment.
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