L500,000 in Student Grants and Loans For UK Prisoners
Tlegraph.co.uk reports that a loophole in the UK student loan system allowed prisoners to claim funds designed to pay for rent and food.
The payments have been halted but what a loophole and what a story. 500,000 pounds down the drain and some faces sullied on this one.
Students are going to be outraged and rightly so but we agree with the Telegraph in that education helps break the cycle of re-offending. Prisoners shouldn't be getting money for food and rent but they should be getting the financial aid and student loans they need. We would argue that society as a whole benefits a great deal in keeping these prisoners from committing future crimes.
