Let out of jail for Botox treatment
Paid for the injections from prison wages
A LOUGHBOROUGH female convicted of robbery, was allowed out of jail on day release to go for beauty treatments paid for out of her prison wages.
Luccia Amerecco, 29, from Lough- borough said she “couldn’t believe it” when prison bosses let her go for Botox injections in Barrow-upon-Soar.
She also claims she was even allowed out for a hospital consultation over a boob job on the NHS.
Amerecco said that she earned £15 a week doing jail jobs including cleaning and serving food, and that she spent £250 on Botox in three areas around her eyes and brows.
A LOUGHBOROUGH female convicted of robbery, was allowed out of jail on day release to go for beauty treatments paid for out of her prison wages.
Luccia Amerecco, 29, from Loughborough said she “couldn’t believe it” when prison bosses let her go for Botox injections in Barrow-upon-Soar.
She also claims she was even allowed out for a hospital consultation over a boob job on the NHS.
Amerecco said that she earned £15 a week doing jail jobs including cleaning and serving food, and that she spent £250 on Botox in three areas around her eyes and brows.
The recovering drug addict says her treatment led to male guards flirting with her and sparked jealousy among fellow female inmates.
A source told the Sunday Mirror: “It’s like something out of the TV show Bad Girls. No one could believe she was allowed to have these procedures.”
Amerecco was in Peterborough prison serving six and a half years for aggravated robbery after she, her-then boyfriend and an accomplice stole £280 from a man.
The gang tricked their way into his flat and threatened him with castration if he went to the police about being beaten up and robbed.
But because of good behaviour, Amerecco was released on a fiveday temporary licence on February 26 and underwent the cosmetic procedure.
She was eventually freed on April 10, 2017 after serving half her sentence.
Amerecco told the Sunday Mirror: “I couldn’t believe they let me out to have Botox. I had to pay for the injections myself from my prison wages, but I thought there was no way I’d be allowed to get them while I was still in jail.
“Botox was always something I had wanted. Before I went into prison I wasn’t proud of my appearance and wanted to better myself.”
She said: “I saved every penny, and I also saved money my family and friends sent to me. I had been gradually transferring the money into my bank account and on the day I was also allowed to take £50 out of my prison account too.
“To be allowed out on release I had to fill out forms and security and behavioural checks were carried out. But I had been a model prisoner and so I was allowed home for five days.
“A taxi collected me from the front gates and I was given a return train ticket from Peterborough to Leicester.
“I wasn’t allowed to drink or take drugs, gamble, have contact with my ex or the victim of the robbery.
“I was also told not to change my appearance, but Botox doesn’t really change your appearance, it just preserves it.”
She said: “The lady who did it was a nurse and she was amazing. She didn’t know I was a prisoner. Some of the officers were aware I was having Botox on release, but they all rolled their eyes and thought it was typical of me.”
She said she also told “a few of the girls” about her beauty treatment.
She added: “At first I had a positive reaction, but after a while a few said I was self-obsessed. There was definitely jealousy there. It’s probably because they didn’t think of it first.”
A few days after her full release, Amerecco went for a top-up and also paid £275 for lip fillers. While in jail, she was also allowed out to visit Peterborough hospital for a boob job consultation.
She said: “I requested to see the prison’s GP as I wanted to discuss having a breast augmentation.
“My boobs don’t look like they used to and I was feeling really insecure. The GP referred me to a consultant and I got day release. The consultant refused to give it to me, but I will definitely be visiting another for a second opinion.”
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: “We do not comment on individual prisoners.”