[Margaret Pilkington]

Maybe we should accommodate pensioners in the prisons....and make the criminals live on a pension.

I think that prison is a cushy place. No worries about paying for the roof over your head, poll tax, heating and lighting bills, (you can even brush up your education and do a degree at the tax payers expense)........stuff to keep you entertained.
Sounds a bit of a 'beano' to me.

Prisoners should have to graft hard every single day, at something which is mind numbingly boring, and so physical that they long all day for bedtime to come. Food should be so basic that it just keeps body and soul together.

I don't suppose it will ever happen because I'm sure some Human Rights lawyer would be screaming for the rights of the prisoner.