Inverness Prison lines up Christmas treats for inmates
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While prisoners are feasting on Christmas meals with all the trimmings patients in Raigmore Hospital’s maternity unit are having a much simpler meal.
More than 100 prisoners at Inverness Prison are being treated to delights such as full cooked breakfasts, suppers, two-course meals, satsumas and even extra special vegetarian options will be on offer for the inmates.
Prisoners will be enjoying Yorkshire and Christmas puddings as well as Mars Bars and Pot Noodles as part of their Christmas menu.
On Christmas Day, they will dine on a breakfast of orange juice, a roll, milk, yoghurt, link sausage, bacon, egg, beans and hash browns, and for vegetarians an option of red onion and rosemary sausage, a feast of turkey, roast potatoes, carrots, brussel sprouts, stuffing, gravy and Yorkshire pudding, followed by Christmas pudding and cream, for vegetarians there is a nut roast on offer.
Over at Raigmore Hospital, on the maternity ward patients can expect a Christmas Day meal of fruit juice or lentil soup followed by turkey, stuffing, bacon wrapped chipolata sausages or macaroni cheese with roast or mashed potatoes with sprouts and carrots followed by a meringue nest or fresh fruit and ice cream.
While patients in the hospital return to a choice of sandwiches and yoghurt at suppertime, the prisoners at HMP Inverness have an evening of treats including a Mars Bar, crisps, beef and tomato Pot Noodle, Christmas cake, satsuma, coffee and a bottle of Irn-Bru.
On Boxing Day for breakfast the full Scottish is replaced with two lorne sausage rolls, at lunch there is a feast of chicken balmoral with all the trimmings followed by trifle, and in the evening there will be fish or vegetarian kiev.
On New Year’s Day there will be a full cooked breakfast with tattie scones followed by roast beef or nut roast with Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes and gravy.
Later on, prisoners will be tucking into a Mars Bar, crisps, a chicken and mushroom Pot Noodle, mince pies, satsuma, coffee and Irn-Bru.
Jeremy Hutton, policy analyst at the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “A little extra on Christmas Day might not break the bank, but there is a limit.
“Rehabilitation and managing inmates is a tough job, but it’s important that the boat isn’t pushed too far out, with taxpayers footing the bill.”
