Muslim prisoners at Whitemoor top security jail were bought £3,500 worth of takeaway curries for their religious requirements — yet the average meal for an NHS patient is set at 50 pence.

More than 150 prisoners at Whitemoor, Cambridgeshire, were treated to beef madras and lamb rogan josh meals worth £18 each from the Roti Food Bar in Peterborough, ostensibly to celebrate Eid — the end of the Ramadan month of fasting.

The bowing and scraping to the prisoners occurred after inmates complained that “jail meals were not tasty enough.” One newspaper reported that the curries were not checked for any smuggled items (as is the norm) in case the food got cold.

The disparity between the royal way terrorists are treated and the manner in which the state deals with law-abiding British people is highlighted by the fact that hospitals spend just 50p a head on patients’ meals — less than a third of what is spent on food for killers and rapists in some jails. Prison meals made from only fresh ingredients can cost as much as £1.68.

Last year, an average of 60p was spent on ingredients for primary school meals, and 74p in secondary schools.

Patients’ groups slammed the low-cost NHS meals yesterday as new figures showed soaring numbers are leaving hospital malnourished. Junior health minister Ivan Lewis was recently forced to admit many elderly people were effectively being starved in hospital.

In the last year 139,127 patients left NHS wards suffering malnutrition – an 84 percent increase since Labour came to power in 1997.

Chris Windows of the Patient and Public Involvement group said: “It’s hard to imagine Trusts can get away with spending so little, especially on patients with specific dietary requirements.”

And Mark Wallace of the TaxPayers’ Alliance said: “It is a disgrace that patients who need good nutrition to recover are apparently a lower priority than convicted criminals.” He said NHS billions were being wasted on bureaucrats when it ought to be spent on patient care.

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What an absolute farce … how pathetic, spineless, weak, groveling, repugnant these establishment puppets are … who in their right mind could sanction such an action? And also remember that the prison officers tucked into the food aswell … these cowards are scum of the earth. How they can look at themselves in the mirror and not despise what they see is beyond me … they must be in total denial - there’s a lot of that in this vile society that the Lib/Lab/Con merchants have created.