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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/25000-spent-on-prisoners-treats.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="More than 25,000 pounds was spent on entertainment and treats for prisoners over Christmas, figures show" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-25000-spent-on-prisoners-treats.jpg" alt="More than 25,000 pounds was spent on entertainment and treats for prisoners over Christmas, figures show"/></a></p>
<p>More than £25,000 was spent on entertainment and treats for prisoners over Christmas, according to latest figures.</p>
<p>The money covered competitions, live bands, comedians and refreshments across Scotland&#8217;s jails. Charitable and prisoner-run events were also held over the festive period.</p>
<p>Labour, which released the figures, said the details would &#8220;horrify&#8221; victims of crime.</p>
<p>But the Scottish Prison Service said the money amounted to £3.50 per prisoner and that a similar system ran when Labour was in power.</p>
<p>The details show £285 was spent on comedians at Barlinnie, where a £350 live band event was also held. About £2,000 was spent on competitions at Glenochil. At Greenock, £240 was spent on comedy, while prisoners also put on a free Christmas carol concert for other inmates.</p>
<p>At Polmont, £2,845 was spent on competitions and a series of events were put on free of charge. They included a &#8220;cultural awareness&#8221; Christmas event and a healthy eating group buffet prepared by inmates.</p>
<p>Shotts put on a prisoner-funded children&#8217;s Christmas party and a £625 series of competitions. Prisoners at Aberdeen were given £5 &#8220;goody bags&#8221; from the common good fund, which is not funded by the state. Similar common funds were spent at other prisons.</p>
<p>Labour justice spokesman Richard Baker said: &#8220;Victims of crime, many of whom will have spent their first Christmas without their loved ones, will be horrified that under Alex Salmond&#8217;s SNP Government convicted murders and rapists are being treated to live bands and stand-up comedians. The SNP try and talk about their commitment to victims of crime but that&#8217;s all it is.&#8221;</p>
<p>However, a spokesman for the Scottish Prison Service said: &#8220;This creates a misleading impression of activity which has been happening in prisons during the festive seasons for very many years &#8211; and it is quite wrong to say that it is all taxpayer funded.</p>
<p>&#8220;All convicted prisoners are required to work, and from wages earned, some is added to charitable donations to make up the prison&#8217;s common good fund administered by the governor, which funds minimal activity during the festive season. It is equivalent to some £3.50 per prisoner per year, and has been long standing practice both before and since devolution.&#8221;</p>
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