File photo dated 07/11/03 of a prison cell as prisoners have been awarded compensation over damaged stereos and missing socks, a watchdog has revealed. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday February 26, 2014. Taxpayers' money is being wasted on redress paid to prisoners for lost or damaged property, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) said. Prison staff need to pay greater attention to their responsibility for prisoners' property to avoid complaints being made, the Ombudsman added. Around a fifth of eligible complaints received by the Ombudsman in 2012/13 were about property. And more than half (57%) of the property-related complaints received in the same period were upheld in favour of the inmate. See PA story PRISONS Complaints. Photo credit should read: Paul Faith/PA Wire
%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Prisoners have been awarded compensation over damaged stereos and missing socks, a watchdog has revealed.
Taxpayers' money is being wasted on redress paid to prisoners for lost or damaged property, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) said.
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