The Government spent the colossal sum on premium satellite TV packages in prisons and immigration centres so that detainees could watch Premier League football and the latest movies in comfort.

Figures released to Express.co.uk under Freedom of Information laws show that the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) spent a needless £241,660 on Sky TV in just three years.

Reported by the Daily Express: You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
http://www.mattburgess.co
I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.