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Originally Posted by Mancie

Prisoners do not get the minimum wage...I don't know were that notion came from!
I'm certainly not going to start sticking up for convicted criminals but lets get the basic facts.
Only around 15% of the prison population actually do industrial/manufactoring work...maybe another 10% do prison work such as cleaning and cooking... the average wage paid is around £9 per week.

Well I got the notion from a spokesman on the radio this morning who was being interviewed by John Humphries who was equally gobsmacked at the idea of them getting a minimum wage.

If they only get £9 then why didn't the spokesman say that? He was the one who said that by law if they do any manufacturing work etc then they have to be paid the minimum wage, by law. I don't care how many percent do it or how few get the minimum wage, if it's only one it's one too many.