I couldn't agree more that the restrictions are pointless.
Interestingly, while flying around the Isle of Wight at the weekend, my Skyforce moving map GPS showed Parkhurst to be a restricted area, although this wasn't shown on my current 1:250k map.
So, given that all prisons have some form of outdoor exercise area and theoretically (at least in the minds of the Home Office) a potential helicopter-assited breakout point), why is Parkhurst not marked as restricted on my map? If it's not restricted, then a) why not, and b) why does Skyforce think it is??
Don't you just love inconsistency ....
Helo