Immigrant Detainees’ Wii Play Sparks U.K. Protest
Posted on Feb 05, 2008 under Main |
The question comes up from time to time: Should prisoners be allowed access to video games?
A member of the British Parliament and a taxpayer watchdog group say no, and have weighed in against the use of Nintendo’s Wii system by foreign detainees held in a U.K. prison.
As reported by the Telegraph, detainees awaiting deportation at Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre in Berkshire play Wii and watch large-screen TV sets. The newspaper quotes an anonymous source:
Some detainees have Nintendo Wiis. If the consoles go wrong staff are sent to the nearest Argos to pick up a replacement… Many law-abiding people wouldn’t be able to afford the same perks.
Conservative MP Damian Green (left), the U.K.’s shadow immigration minister, said:
Detention centres should be civilised and humane, but not luxurious.
Mark Wallace, a spokesman for watchdog group the Taxpayers’ Alliance, was more vociferous on the issue:
It’s a disgrace. Taxpayers are funding a lavish lifestyle for people who should not even be in this country.
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