Soldato
Worked well for John Venebles.....oh, scratch that.
Found out where the tax money goes.........
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Soldato
I'm effectively imprisoned in my workplace for ~12 hours/day, the weather in this country is terrible, and most of the people I have to interact with on a daily basis are ****. About the only thing I'd miss is having my own bed.
I'd be curious to know how the amount of work in-mates have to put in to earn these items compares to people on the outside.
Caporegime
Spotlight fallacy.
Caporegime
The punishment is the sentence (loss of liberty). Once inside, they have every right to work rest & play.
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Soldato
I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that if prisoners want Playstations etc, they have to earn the money which can take months. Of course they'll need a TV first too.
Caporegime
Do they have a right to a Mars a day?
Caporegime
HUSH WITH YOUR FACTUAL ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION.
Soldato
Caporegime
Caporegime
Stands to reason that if he was never released he wouldn't have re-offended though
Yes. It also stands to reason that if every person who ever nicked a packet of chewing gum was summarily shot, that there'd be more newsagents driving Bentleys.
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Given the annual cost is c. £40,000 per prisoner, anything that reduces the costs without safety implications is fine by my book.
Soldato
Lock them up for most the day bar a bit of exercise and food. Supply them with books and education and enable them to take exams. Then for some hands on training a bit like an apprenticeship. When they get out they have a chance of doing something good with their new knowledge
this is absolute BS
I actually work in the prison service, and the latest consoles with network ability are a banned item, the only console they are allowed is ps2, and they have to buy it themselves, anything with wifi or ethernet is BANNED
I actually work in the prison service, and the latest consoles with network ability are a banned item, the only console they are allowed is ps2, and they have to buy it themselves, anything with wifi or ethernet is BANNED
Soldato
I'd be in favour of prisoners being forced through education, be it academic, trade or otherwise - anything which constitutes a useful skill in the real world - and them having to achieve a qualification to a specific standard before release.
No passey no releasey
Even if it is true, which is probably unlikely as most prisons only allow PS2s and the like, if it keeps them occupied while in prison then fair enough. They're still locked away, unable to be part of society, they're often under threat of violence, surrounded by drug problems, getting very little help - so anything that helps, is good.
An xbox ≠ holiday camp for the unruly.
An xbox ≠ holiday camp for the unruly.
Soldato
A prisoner should be grateful that he/she has a PS2.
I really don't think tax money should be spent on that. I do sometimes wonder what tax is for.
To say prisoners need games consoles for rehab is one thing, but they don't need spanking brand new consoles and COD that came out a week or two ago.
I really don't think tax money should be spent on that. I do sometimes wonder what tax is for.
To say prisoners need games consoles for rehab is one thing, but they don't need spanking brand new consoles and COD that came out a week or two ago.
Man of Honour
I don't mean to sound dense but surely simply not giving the prisoners access to network cabling or a wifi network would sort that potential issue?
Soldato
I notice that everyone deriding 'privileges' and emphasising punishment and deprivation still haven't produced anything other than knee-jerk opinion to substantiate their claims that it is the best way to do it.
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Soldato
Prisoners should be playing these games (which imo are very good!):
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18343351
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18343351