Convicts pass up opportunities to escape from jail because conditions are “too comfy,” according to Glyn Travis of the Prison Officers Association (POA). For instance, a drug dealer frequently broke into Category-C Everthorpe prison in Yorkshire, England using a ladder, but not prisoners attempted to escape.

BBC News reports that, “Mr. Travis says prisoners have no incentive to break out because of the comfy regime inside UK jails. His analysis is backed up by Steve (not his real name), a former inmate at a Yorkshire Category-D facility.

Steve revealed that he was shocked by how relaxed the open prison was compared to the Category-B jail where he started his sentence. He used to pay someone 20 British pounds to jump over the fence, go to the nearest village store, buy 24 cans of beer, and then bring them back so he could sell them for a phone card each.

Steve is quoted by BBC News as saying, “from what I’ve been told, things have gotten even slacker since I came out."

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