I'm sorry, but I had to laugh at this.  Maybe England is really trying to become this weird caricature of a civilized society... Although I'm not really sure how confiscating an elderly man's cane as an "offensive weapon" qualifies... Maybe it's an attempt to ensure a disarmed society, where no one victimizes anyone else, and they all address one another by their honorific.  They seem to think a disarmed society is more polite than an armed one.

Representatives at HMP Wymott, in Lancashire, which is home to 1,000 prisoners, say staff are being marked down in assessments if they can't prove they have treated inmates decently.

In addition to the Prison Service's national "decency agenda", management at the jail, which is run by governor Jayne Blake, say inmates must be addressed as "Mr", followed by their surname at all times.

"Mr. Jones!  Would you please remove your phallus from Mr. Smith's backside!"

"Mr. Brown!  Please stop flinging your excrement at me through the bars of your cell!"

"Mr. Taft!  Please kindly take your hands off Mr. Green's head and allow him to get off his knees!"

Yeah... that'll improve society!