[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by tadah

Prison is mean to put them off breaking the law right so why give them anything better than the basic cheapest stuff.

This isn't about any 'stuff' - whether they work or not the prisoners will have the same 'stuff' - same food, same TV, same recreational facilities, same chance of open university courses, which is a different subject; although I do agree with you that they shouldn't get all these things. Then you get people coming along who say that prison isn't a holiday camp and that it's a really hard life for them in there. It's a bloomin harder life for a lot of people out here! Oh and thank you for the silly karma deduction which makes no more sense than your response to this topic did

Originally Posted by grego

Human rights, they shouldn't have any, the fact that they earn minimum wage is an insult to law abiding citizens, they should work for pence and the rest is for their keep at least then the tax payers wouldn't be footing the bill.

I agree that they should forfeit any rights when they are convicted of a crime - I mean convicted criminals not those on remand who may be proven innocent. I was gobsmacked to find that they earn at least the minimum wage. At least? What does that mean some of them may be earning then? And no bills to pay!!! So they are a darned site better off in prison, full pay and nothing to spend it on. It's an insult to the victims of their crimes.