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Old 26-02-2007, 18:16   #60
Mancie
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Re: Minimum wage in Prison?!

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Originally Posted by jambutty View Post
Prisons could have work indoors.

A laundry to launder hospital linens perhaps?

Sorting recyclable stuff from the throw away stuff?

A market garden to grow the prison’s own vegetables maybe?
Makes sense jambutty... the old sewing mailbags type of work is still done in some prisons.. and some work along the lines of what you propose is done.
It may sound strange but in most prisons the "unemployment rate" if you can call it that, is up in the 80% 's.... having a "job" on the inside of prison is actually highly valued by most prisoners... having work cleaning/cooking or in the workshop gets a prisoner out of the cells and maybe £2-£4 a week on top of an allowance of around £6 per week that all prisoners get.
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