Trouble is, there's some truth in it.
Someone I worked with about 20 years ago went to prison for fraud and theft. He was sent to Kirkham Open Prison for 2 years. A much younger colleague had been a friend of his and kept in touch with him. The prisoner kept fit by playing squash and kept unfit by drinking the whisky that was passed to him in Lucozade bottles. He was given Thursdays off to go to Lancaster University (unaccompanied) where he took a degree in, of all things, Finance (completely free to him) and spent a lot of the time sunbathing when he was supposed to be working in the prison garden. He was, in effect, given free board, lodgings and education as a punishment.
