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Lags will tuck into turkey with all the trimmings this year just like previous Christmases, Daily Star Online found.

And many bragged about their "life of luxury" on Facebook, or had relatives do it for them instead.

The revelations come days after riots at HMP Birmingham, a huge Category B/C clink, and HMP Hull, a Category B/C jail.

HMP Birmingham was on lockdown for 12 hours after lags ran riot, overpowered guards and posed for selfies with officer's keys.

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But in most jails — including the under-fire HMP Birmingham — lags will have sliced roast turkey with sausages wrapped in bacon. This was served with roast potatoes, Brussels sprouts, carrots, swede and sage and onion stuffing — akin to what one would expect on any happy family Christmas dinner plate on the outside.

There will also be the option of halal roast beef and Yorkshire Pudding or a vegetarian crumble cake followed by Christmas pudding and custard.

Louise Millership, whose partner is in HMP Bristol, said on Facebook: "My other half said we they all having a roast haha."

Liz Hancock's boyfriend is also caged. She wrote: "They were given chocolates. It wasn't as half as bad as he had anticipated."

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Another relative of a callous crim in notorious HMP Bronzefield in Surrey shared: "They go to church and have a Christmas dinner. They eat dinner together. It's a life of luxury."

Lyn had spent three years in HMP Holloway, north London, until her release in the summer.

The 42-year-old, who only wanted to be known by her first name, was caged for said: "Christmas in prison is great. You get a meal with Christmas pudding and mince pies.

"It was a turkey dinner. It was lovely. Then you got a present, which was alright."

John O'Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "No one expects inmates to spend their Christmas eating gruel. But it's important that the right balance is struck and that costs are kept under control, especially as prisons need to find savings in their budgets."

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A Prison Service spokesman said: "Meals in prisons over Christmas are paid for from within the existing budget and at no extra cost to the taxpayer."

It comes after Daily Star Online uncovered the "filthy" conditions inside HMP Moorland, the jail in which footie nonce Adam Johnson is banged up.