I know I can only go by the information in the media, which has been known to exaggerate in the past
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Prison seems to be almost like a holiday camp for some, television and a telephones being two things I just do not understand a prisoner having access to. Prisoners should earn this kind of privilege after a trouble free percentage of their sentence has been served.
With regard to rape, rape is rape regardless of whether the rapist is known to the victim or not it is just as traumatic. A man of Kenneth Clarke's experience should choose his words more carefully.