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Bill: Rehabilitation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kirlawa Green 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: November 2036
Description[?]:
| Prisoners have to be rehablilitated, not by forcing them to work for no money, but by teaching them to appreciate a good days work and to value the money the receive in exchange for it. They also have to be (re)educated and that way acquire skills that can help them to reestablish their lives after prison. Only this way they will be able to once regain a normal life. |
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.
Article 2
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 | not recorded | From | Kirlawa Green Party | To | Debating the Rehabilitation Act |
| Message | Any comments? |
| Date | not recorded | From | Senatus et Populusque Kirlawan(SPQK) | To | Debating the Rehabilitation Act |
| Message | We will vote no |
| Date | not recorded | From | Kirlawa Green Party | To | Debating the Rehabilitation Act |
| Message | May we ask why? |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Rehabilitation Act |
| Message | What exactly would eduction entail? |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Rehabilitation Act |
| Message | woops |
| Date | not recorded | From | Kirlawan Republican Alliance | To | Debating the Rehabilitation Act |
| Message | We will support the first article. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Federalist Labour Party | To | Debating the Rehabilitation Act |
| Message | Neither. I'm not going to pay a wage or benefit the convicted scum of the earth with the privilege of being thoroughly educated. They should work for their food and board, just like everybody else. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Kirlawa Green Party | To | Debating the Rehabilitation Act |
| Message | education would for example entail the learning of a profession, for example plumber or mechanicien. This to provide them with an opportunity to choose the right path in their lives. Don't forget some of these people will once regain their liberty. What would forced labor learned them? Nothing! |
| Date | not recorded | From | Senatus et Populusque Kirlawan(SPQK) | To | Debating the Rehabilitation Act |
| Message | The SBP basicaly summed up our opinion on the issue. We vote no. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Conservative Christian Royalists | To | Debating the Rehabilitation Act |
| Message | we must trt turn these people into figures of social acceptance and stability not singled out and left away from education. we vote yes |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 335 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 256 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "A politician who is poor is a poor politician." - Carlos Hank Gonzalez |