Swine flu is on the rise again but prisoners have been banned from using the hand gel that stops it spreading. The BBC reports this morning that the number of new swine flu cases have nearly doubled in the last week so why are inmates being denied this simple form of protection?

Verne prison in Dorset has imposed the ban after it caught inmates getting drunk on the stuff. According to Britbart Peter McParlin of the Prison Officers Association says they were using it to make illicit alcoholic concoctions by mixing it with fruit, water and sugar. Yum. They have now decided that giving inmates access to a gel with an alcohol content was unwise.

Swine flu cases continue to rise [BBC]
Caught clean-handed: UK prison bans anti-swine flu hand gel after inmates use it to get drunk [Breitbart]