Buddhist meditative practices, he said, hold particular value at a time when most prisons offer little but punishment.

The prison offers workshops, training and education to all inmates.

The prison offers adult basic, general, and special education services.

The prison offers no place for a helicopter assault force to land.

The Crown also argued that an adult prison would offer greater educational programs than a youth facility could provide.

The prison offers a range of education courses covering basic skills to higher education.

The prison offers part-time education classes to inmates through A4e.

The prisons also offer nurseries that allow pregnant women to keep their children for a year.

The prison also offers substance abuse treatment programs for those inmates with drug and/or alcohol problems.

It would be a different story if the British prisons offered free dental care.