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Bill: A bill to reduce crime and recidivism rates in the prison system
Details
Submitted by[?]: Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Status[?]: passed
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: February 2115
Description[?]:
| Considering that a rehabilitation-based approach is more effective and cheaper to maintain than one designed purely to punish, and Considering that a purely punitice system almost always increases the recidivism rate (the chance that a prisoiner will re-offend and need to be jailed again), and Considering that forced labour is tantamount to slavery, Resolved that there shall be no forced labour in prisons, and Further resolved that prisoners may take part in voluntary work programmes designed to improve rehabilitation, but they may not be paid for this work. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Prison policy concerning prisoner labor.
Old value:: Able-bodied prisoners have to work during the day.
Current: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Proposed: Prisoners are interned and do not work in prisons.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:42:04, September 20, 2005 CET | From |  Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the A bill to reduce crime and recidivism rates in the prison system |
| Message | I will support this bill in exchange for a semi-permanent move to a voluntary recycling system |
| Date | 03:10:52, September 21, 2005 CET | From | Royal Conservative Party | To | Debating the A bill to reduce crime and recidivism rates in the prison system |
| Message | I will of course oppose it. |
| Date | 02:25:58, September 22, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the A bill to reduce crime and recidivism rates in the prison system |
| Message | Do we have a deal with the compulsory funding, but voluntary usage, of recycling systems? |
| Date | 02:45:13, September 22, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the A bill to reduce crime and recidivism rates in the prison system |
| Message | The compromise we offered is up as a bill now. |
| Date | 02:48:32, September 22, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the A bill to reduce crime and recidivism rates in the prison system |
| Message | The other bill isn't what we expected or requested... |
| Date | 03:20:06, September 22, 2005 CET | From | Democractic Socialist Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the A bill to reduce crime and recidivism rates in the prison system |
| Message | I'd prefer the volutary work system we used to have, but anything is better than the status quo. |
| Date | 06:01:07, September 22, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the A bill to reduce crime and recidivism rates in the prison system |
| Message | TiC controls the deciding vote on this bill. I will vote in favor if the recycling bill is modified. Industry will not be forced to recycle-The waste disposal laws already require them to dispose of their own waste. We can assume that waste disposal costs money, while recycling in government funded facilities does not. Therefore the the mandatory requirement here is unnecessary from your end, and will earn a no vote on this bill on my end. Paying people to recycle goes against TiC policies on tax money, we are bending far enough by allowing government funding for the facilities. If these are removed, TiC will vote yes on this bill once the recycling bill goes to a vote. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 185 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 115 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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