Inmates get cheap cell phone calls as prisons' BT deal branded a 'disgrace'

Jailbirds now blow a lot less on the blower than the rest of us after their call charges were cut by 60%.

Lags have a special BT deal on jail coin and card operated phones that means they pay just 3.1p-a-minute to call landlines on a weekday and only 2.75p at weekends, as well as 6.88p-a-minute to mobiles on weekdays and 4.5p at weekends.

Meanwhile BT’s law abiding customers outside on its Pay As You Go deal pay an expensive 22.84p a minute for calls to UK landlines and UK mobiles day or night – plus £23.05-a-month standing charge per household for the privilege. BT also offer a Line Only Discount rate for households without fixed line broadband service at £11.32pm.