Should prisoners get the vote?

How has that prisoner got a) Champagne b) A cigar c) A video camera!?

It's absolutely ricidulous! It makes me so angry that we have all these 'goody two shoes' people about that think it's all about being 'fair'.

Rubbish!
 
Hard to measure I know but could prisoners earn their vote back via good behaviour, outstanding work inside the prison, etc etc? Rather than just having a blanket - ever prisoner can now vote.
 
no. I wouldn't want to go to jail more if I knew what was awaiting was capital punishment and being stripped of my human rights.
 
edwardcasbon1 said:
How has that prisoner got a) Champagne b) A cigar c) A video camera!?

It's absolutely ricidulous! It makes me so angry that we have all these 'goody two shoes' people about that think it's all about being 'fair'.

Rubbish!
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He's not actually a prisoner. He's free despite being a convicted axe murderer. :(

He's also in favour of internet in every cell and a maximum of 8 years for life sentence!
 
no they shouldn't get the vote

only members of our society should be able to vote and prisoners are not a part of that imo.

maybe they should have thought about their victims 'human rights' before they committed crimes ?
 
My opinion will probably be seen as silly, but I think it should depend on when the prisoner will be allowed back in to society.

If an election is coming up, but the prisoner will be incarcerated for the entire upcoming political term, then they should not be allowed to vote. They gave up the right to vote and be a member of society the moment they decided to commit whatever crime got them in there.

However, if a prisoner will be released at some point during the upcoming political term, I think they should have a say in regards to who shall be governing them upon release so they should be permitted to vote.
 
JamesU2005 said:
Hard to measure I know but could prisoners earn their vote back via good behaviour, outstanding work inside the prison, etc etc? Rather than just having a blanket - ever prisoner can now vote.
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What prisoner is going to want to work, etc. just for a vote which will most likely have no effect on them in any way whatsoever? I'm sure they'd prefer to stick with their Playstations and TVs. Who wouldn't?
 
This prison thing is looking like an attractive career choice

Free accommodation, meals, tv, games console, internet, education, gym, no tax, right to vote and on recent news might even get a female officer in uniform to 'sort me out' ;)

And to get all this I just need to kill a few people I don't like, will someone tell me the catch because I'm struggling here :rolleyes:
 
markomania said:
This prison thing is looking like an attractive career choice

Free accommodation, meals, tv, games console, internet, education, gym, no tax, right to vote and on recent news might even get a female officer in uniform to 'sort me out' ;)

And to get all this I just need to kill a few people I don't like, will someone tell me the catch because I'm struggling here :rolleyes:
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You dont know the half of it.
This is worth a read if you're willing to be educated

http://prison-diary.blogspot.com/

Read it through, and ask yourself, in reality you say its easy. But really you'd **** yourself.
 
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