With rump steak, lamb shank and king prawns on offer, it reads like a country gastropub’s menu.
But the only thing rural about the venue offering these luxury foodstuffs is its location on the outskirts of a Staffordshire village.
HMP Oakwood isn’t so much serving up porridge as a ‘butcher’s special’ – where the well-behaved inmates who are eligible to order from the luxury menu can choose four rump steaks, two lamb shanks and 1kg of lamb chops all for £35.
It comes at a time when key workers such as nurses and police say they have been forced to queue at food banks as the cost of living crisis bites.
Inmates at the 2,100-capacity jail have the chance to order up to £50 worth of food each fortnight, with the rest of the menu offering produce such as a rack of lamb, pork belly, smoked salmon and shrimp.
Well-behaved inmates at HMP Oakwood ,who are eligible to order from the luxury menu, can choose four rump steaks, two lamb shanks and 1kg of lamb chops all for…
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