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Bill: The Inmate Works Project Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Unified Communist Labor Party
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: March 2036
Description[?]:
| To provide opportunities for prisoners to work while serving out their sentences. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Prison policy concerning prisoner labor.
Old value:: Prisoners are interned and do not work in prisons.
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 | not recorded | From | To | Debating the The Inmate Works Project Act |
| Message | sure, im fine with it |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the The Inmate Works Project Act |
| Message | Too much of a slippery slope. Before long prisoners will, practically speaking, *have* to work. For a trivial wage. Can you say 'special economic zone'? |
| Date | not recorded | From |  Unified Communist Labor Party | To | Debating the The Inmate Works Project Act |
| Message | Well, I'm envisioning this in the context of the law we just passed whereby "trade unions are legal and all workers should be a member." Why shouldn't that extend to prison labor unions? |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the The Inmate Works Project Act |
| Message | What kind of work are we talking about? If it's prison maintenance and running jobs, sure. However if it's allowing companies to recruit than you get a big, fat no! |
| Date | not recorded | From | Unified Communist Labor Party | To | Debating the The Inmate Works Project Act |
| Message | Well, since it says "certain jobs" for a "small wage" we can assume it means stuff like sweeping the floors, cooking, doing laundry etc. |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the The Inmate Works Project Act |
| Message | If that's the case, we will support the bill. |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the The Inmate Works Project Act |
| Message | "Small Wage" - so prisoners are to be exploited? What were the other options? I think I'll have to go with the ASGP on this one. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 20 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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