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Bill: Prison Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Atheist Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2489
Description[?]:
| If we want to solve the problem of overcrowding and deter criminals then we need to make prison less enjoyable and make people pay for their crimes. How can a Murderer - Someone who takes another life - deserve to keep his own? The education of prisoners is only draining our national budget of funds that are needed elsewhere. Making able-bodied prisoners work will serve as a deterant to other criminals. Hard work will do more for the country than educating prisoners. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Current: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Proposed: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Education in prisons.
Old value:: An education plan for prisoners is provided to improve rehabilitation.
Current: An education plan for prisoners is provided to improve rehabilitation.
Proposed: Prisoners are not given any form of education.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Prison policy concerning prisoner labor.
Old value:: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Current: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Proposed: Able-bodied prisoners have to work during the day.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:56:59, November 18, 2007 CET | From | Parti de Garde Royales | To | Debating the Prison Reform |
| Message | The OGP finds this bill outrageous. State-sanctioned killing is not part of our platform nor is the prevention of rehabilitation and the incorporation of slavery. Sen. James Summersdale |
| Date | 06:40:12, November 20, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Conservative party | To | Debating the Prison Reform |
| Message | rehabilitation programs have a far bigger effect on minimizing residivists than longer jail times which have been proven by numerous research programmes. longer jail sentences serve only to sate the wish for revenge by the collective. let us give long jail sentences, but give the inmates every opportunity to rehabilitate into the society once they have finished their jailo sentence. we oppose this bill |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 24 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 158 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 18 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to prevent confusion by ensuring unofficial or outdated bills labelled as "Cultural Protocols" are removed from their nation page. |
| Random quote: "Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates." - Gore Vidal |