Convicts opt for antipathy

London - Some inmates at Britain's first privately-run jail have asked to be moved - because staff are too friendly, according…

London - Some inmates at Britain's first privately-run jail have asked to be moved - because staff are too friendly, according to a report out yesterday.

The culture shock for some prisoners transferred to the relaxed and spotless Wolds jail at Brough in Humberside had proved so unsettling they asked to be sent back to jails characterised by more familiar "mutual antipathy" between staff and inmates.

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