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Bill: Prisoner Reform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sekowan Freedom 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: November 2218
Description[?]:
| Simply locking a criminal away for however many years leaves a society with an older criminal whose only skills remain criminal. Without new knowledge or talent, criminals will have virtually no other hope than to revert to their old ways and hope not to get caught. We propose to educate prisoners, so that when they are released they can be productive members of society. This is not simply a handout to criminals, this program will improve our society by lowering the crime rate, improving citizen morale (less crime makes happy), and saving money for tax payers both directly and indirectly (less prisoners, less criminal damages, etc.). |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education in prisons.
Old value:: Prisoners are not given any form of education.
Current: An education plan for prisoners is provided to improve rehabilitation.
Proposed: An education plan for prisoners is provided to improve rehabilitation.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:43:51, April 20, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Conservative Party | To | Debating the Prisoner Reform Bill |
| Message | we don't support government funding for those who chose a life of crime. |
| Date | 00:02:08, April 21, 2006 CET | From | Sekowan Freedom Party | To | Debating the Prisoner Reform Bill |
| Message | But are you so set in your quest for revenge against criminals that you would sacrafice improving the lives of innocents? Educating prisoners lessens the likelihood that they will return to a life of crime. This means our citizens will live better lives. Please join us in putting aside hatred for a guilty few in order to help the good multitudes. |
| Date | 21:54:13, April 22, 2006 CET | From | Manche Movement | To | Debating the Prisoner Reform Bill |
| Message | Supported by reason of 'logic' and 'empirical evidence' |
| Date | 23:55:27, April 22, 2006 CET | From | blurp | To | Debating the Prisoner Reform Bill |
| Message | It's not the government's job to educate or rehabilitate. It's the government's job to punish. If you want to rehabilitate or educate a prisoner, encourage him to go to a privately-run school or something. |
| Date | 18:32:48, April 23, 2006 CET | From | Sekowan Freedom Party | To | Debating the Prisoner Reform Bill |
| Message | I can't dream of a more successful government than telling prisoners they should be in universities. I mean, its like there are any barriers (metal bars/concrete) between them and a university. Oh, and prisoners would afford tuition how? Yeah, perhaps we should just try to reform them while in prison rather than send them back to a life of crime to torture innocents. |
| Date | 20:05:33, April 23, 2006 CET | From | Manche Movement | To | Debating the Prisoner Reform Bill |
| Message | A government that fails to attempt to rehabilitate it's criminals is complicit in future crimes. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 84 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 64 |
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