http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...187711,00.html
"COMPENSATION payments to prisoners have doubled in the last year to more than £4 million, while the total legal bill to the Prison Service has reached £20 million a year, The Times has learnt.
The total litigation bill is enough to run one of the large jails in England and Wales.
One prisoner received £2.8 million compensation after a failed suicide attempt, which is equal to the previous prison service record payout in 2002.
The payment was made in an out-of-court settlement to a prisoner who self-harmed and claimed for miscellaneous injury against the Prison Service. The service estimates that the costs alone of the case will be more than £1 million.
It is understood that a large proportion of the cash payout is a recognition that the inmate requires long-term medical care.
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where's John Galt, he'll love this one.
Milan.
"COMPENSATION payments to prisoners have doubled in the last year to more than £4 million, while the total legal bill to the Prison Service has reached £20 million a year, The Times has learnt.
The total litigation bill is enough to run one of the large jails in England and Wales.
One prisoner received £2.8 million compensation after a failed suicide attempt, which is equal to the previous prison service record payout in 2002.
The payment was made in an out-of-court settlement to a prisoner who self-harmed and claimed for miscellaneous injury against the Prison Service. The service estimates that the costs alone of the case will be more than £1 million.
It is understood that a large proportion of the cash payout is a recognition that the inmate requires long-term medical care.
",
where's John Galt, he'll love this one.
Milan.
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