Scots inmates watching US telly hit Prison Break and other X-rated movies behind bars
Read on to discover some of the other titles available to cons
NICK FLICK FIASCO Scots inmates watching US telly hit Prison Break and other X-rated movies behind bars
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THE Scottish Prison Service has come under fire for allowing inmates to watch X-rated content behind bars.
Lags are permitted to rent from a catalogue of thousands of 18-rated DVDs, which include films about serial killers and sex beasts.
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Inmates at Glasgow's HMP Barlinnie have been watching X-rated DVDs
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American telly hit Prison Break depicts a complex jailbreak plan
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Raunchy flick Fifty Shades of Grey is available to rent
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And cons can even borrow 2005 crime drama Prison Break - which tells, in detail, the fictional story of a US jailbreak.
Other titles available include serial killer classic Silence of the Lambs and psychological thriller Dexter - a series about a killer police forensic officer.
A source said: 'Some of the depraved crimes this lot have committed could easily be adapted into a Hollywood blockbuster.
'The last thing they need is to be given any twisted ideas - they shouldn't even be allowed TVs in the first place.'
Also available for prison movie nights is Fifty Shades of Grey, Brokeback Mountain and American Pie.
Lags can also kick back and watch a documentary about real-life child killers Fred and Rose West.
But critics have basted the film fiasco and are urging prison bosses to review the rules.
A spokesman for the Prison Officers' Association told MailOnline: 'Given all the factors such as overcrowding, drug use, bullying and organised crime gang activities inside our prisons, the last thing we need is anything else adding to the tension or temperatures.
'It is something that the SPS should be reviewing as a priority with a view to limiting the availability of these films.'
Elsewhere, the Scottish Conservatives are urging SNP ministers to order jail chiefs to remove the X-rated flicks.
Shadow justice secretary Liam Kerr MSP said: 'Ordinary Scots will be appalled that inmates are being provided with X-rated movies by prisons.
'England and Wales banned 18-rated movies and TV shows from their prisons 12 years ago and it is about time that the Scottish Prison Service followed suit.
'Many of the prisoners at Barlinnie will be behind bars for violent crimes, so it is common sense they should not be able to access graphically violent material about serial killers and torturers.
'Prisoners trying to get clean will also not be helped by having access to content that promotes drug use.
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Scottish Conservaites shadow justice secretary Liam Kerr blasted the SNP
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'SNP Ministers must intervene and immediately direct the SPS to remove violent or sexual films from our prisons.'
A Scottish Prison Service spokesperson added: 'Access to watching DVDs is a privilege not a right, and is available at the discretion of the Governor.'
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