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Prison raffle withdraws 'day out' prize
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-11-30 11:01
A prison has withdrawn a raffle prize which offered its inmates a day out.
The governor of HMP Kirkham in Lancashire has claimed that he was unaware of the prize, BBC News reports.
Prisoners can enter the raffle for 拢1 if they help make Christmas lunch for elderly people at a local day centre.
Prison bosses refused to say who had offered the 'single town visit' as a prize, but added that the raffle is designed to encourage good behaviour.
"The governor will consider an appropriate prize for the draw in due course," a Prison Service spokesman said. "He was not aware that a town visit was being offered as a prize and it has been withdrawn."
