Prisoners have no right to vote

It has been a long time since my last post for which I apologise.

Should prisoners have a right to vote? No. Totally and unequivocally no. When someone goes to prison, they lose the right to vote and this is as how it should be.

A friend of mine disagreed. He said that anything that makes prisoners feel less disenfranchised is a good thing.

Aside from most prisoners not knowing what "disenfranchised" means, thanks to the appalling comprehensive school system, does my well-meaning but, I believe, naive friend really believe that most prisoners could care less whether they can vote or not?

Does he really believe that Chummy lays on his bunk in his cell on a Friday and Saturday night when his friends are out burgling or chatting up girls in pubs and bemoans the fact that he cannot vote?