Almost 7,500 euro of tax payers money is being spent to make female prisoners look good.
According to The Irish Mirror the taxpayers cash was used to pay for beauty class essentials at Dublin's Mountjoy Prison.
Prisoners, including the Scissor Sisters Linda and Charlotte Mulhall, are learning how to do manicures, apply make-up and give relaxing facials to fellow inmates.
Crime reporter with the Sunday Mirror, Emma McMenamy wrote the story