The justice minister, Ken Clarke -the person that appears in the right side of the photo- is planning a new scheme “to end enforced idleness in jails with some of cash earned going to victims”. The reason of this is because, the earning that the prisoner's work produces is very low, and other important thing is that the prisoners spend their days in enforced idleness in their cells, so the prisoners have to work a full 40-hours week. This is the solution that gives Minister Clarke to the problems that were mentioned before.Part of the prisoners' salary would go to their victims, other part to the prisoners' family, and the prisoners will keep a part of the salary themselves. The important thing of this plan is that Governors cannot force prisoners to work; the only way of the plan’s success is to give prisoners incentives and privileges to reward the work they do.
The objective of this plan is to reduce the chances of prisoners committing crimes again when they are set free. That is the reason why the minister emphasizes that they need “to instil in our jails a regime of hard work. Most of the prisoners lead a life of enforced, bored idleness, where getting out of bed is optional." But the government could not instil this plan without the help of the private firms in order to employ most of the prisoners.
The information of this blog was taken in the web site:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/oct/05/ken-clarke-prison-reform-workHave a nice week!
Hi! I gree whit the measure for minister, is necesary for the prisioner.
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I think a better way of cuttin recidivism is giving the prisoners the posibility of educate themselves and find new directions for their life, like in the article I choose.. read it you will like it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with trini, they could use that money to educate the prisioners.
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It is a good new, but i'm agree with trini, they have to give them more opportunities to avoid commiting crimes
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