Prison officials stressed that inmates are given 'healthy meals and the opportunity to exercise'.
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Government data has revealed a spike in demand for “supersize” clothes in UK prisons.
Figures from the Ministry of Justice reveal thousands of overalls ordered with sizes going as high as 8XL.
There were also trousers ordered with waist sizes over 65 inches.
Despite this, prison officials have stressed that inmates are given “healthy meals and the opportunity to exercise”.
It has been suggested the pandemic has played a role in the recent surge in demand for the larger clothes.
Prisoners were restricted in the freedoms they were given over lockdown as Coronavirus infected the UK.
Tam Fry from the National Obesity Forum, said the recent figures are “horrifying but serve well to illustrate the result of being locked up.
‘Covid has shown that whole populations are now experiencing obesity through lockdown.”
It comes as prisons in England and Wales will be set targets for the first time to root out drugs and rehabilitate inmates under Government plans.
National league tables are to be introduced as part of efforts to hold prison governors to account on how well they can keep illegal substances out of their jails and get offenders “clean”.
Inmates yelled out of their cell windows as Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Justice Secretary Dominic Raab were shown around HMP Isis in south-east London by staff on Tuesday to mark the announcement.
As they walked past an accommodation wing, someone appeared to shout “f****** scumbag” while others seemed to yell “f*** Boris”, “f*** Tories,” and “bellend”. Mr Johnson turned around and looked in the direction of the shouting before walking on and continuing with the visit.
The proposals, put forward in a White Paper, come after the Government unveiled a 10-year drugs strategy on Monday. According to ministers, the plan includes the biggest increase in investment and recovery in an attempt to end the cycle of addiction and repeat offending.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said it will set “new stringent targets” which will make prisons accountable for the first time on drug rehabilitation.
