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Bill: Prison Labor Act 2117
Details
Submitted by[?]: One Nation Under A Rock
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: September 2117
Description[?]:
| Prisoners will be rehabilitated more effectively if they work out of their own will rather than being forced to. |
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 can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:06:28, September 27, 2005 CET | From | Primus Inter Pares | To | Debating the Prison Labor Act 2117 |
| Message | no wage, they have to work for there bed and breakfast |
| Date | 23:46:19, September 27, 2005 CET | From | Society of Sadists | To | Debating the Prison Labor Act 2117 |
| Message | Our prisons are not social programmes - they are for punishment. We don't send lesser offenders to them, and indeed they have a variety of reforming jobs available to them. But the convicts are another matter and are required to endure. |
| Date | 00:16:10, September 28, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Imperial Party (Nazi Party) | To | Debating the Prison Labor Act 2117 |
| Message | no wage!!! they must be glad to be still alive! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 15 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 50 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 24 |
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