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Bill: Prisons Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Liberal Alliance
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: January 2037
Description[?]:
| Prisoners are to be provided with basic education to more effectively facilitate rehabilitation. Furthermore, prisoners will be given the right to work within prisons, carrying out certain jobs for a small wage. This better utilises a currently inactive pool of labour and once again provides prisoners with skills which may be useful in rehabilitation. |
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:: 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 Prisons Act |
| Message | A good proposition. Education and work will decrease the risk that inmates use their prison time to learn more criminality, and the work can help pay the costs of prisons |
| Date | not recorded | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Prisons Act |
| Message | Yes, I move this bill to a vote |
| Date | not recorded | From | Liberal Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Prisons Act |
| Message | why should murderors amd rapeists have to chance to get a free education and get paid for work? |
| Date | not recorded | From | Partiya Nacionalnogo Progressa | To | Debating the Prisons Act |
| Message | I completely agree with commies. We can't spend money on nation's enemies. |
| Date | not recorded | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Prisons Act |
| Message | Come on, it helps to make prisons more profitable enterprises, staff can be cut as prisoners can do jobs such as cooking etc. and will be paid less than standard workers. Therefore prisons become more efficient. Also, as the Libertarians say, it will reduce the risk of prisoners reoffending and help rehabilitation into the community after their sentences are complete. Remember that the majority of prisoners are not murderers and rapists but petty thieves and drug dealers/addicts, who really need to be helped, as well as paying a price for what they have done. |
| Date | not recorded | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Prisons Act |
| Message | So, those voting no, please consider changing it to yes! |
| Date | not recorded | From | Partiya Nacionalnogo Progressa | To | Debating the Prisons Act |
| Message | Criminals will think that a prison is a like cheap hotel. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 1 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 96 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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