Cherie Blair (Tony Blair’s wife) is leading a push which will ultimately allow prisoners to earn upto £10,000 a year working for household name companies whilst in jail.
In the scheme prisoners will be able to earn the minimum wage of £5.52 / hour whilst working for city law firms and fast food companies such as Kentucky Fried Chicken. Essentially people in jail could earn more in relative terms than those on the outside, prisoners can effectively accumulate cash as the usual expenditures we all incur such as rent, mortgages, food, rates, tv licences etc our covered by everyone else!
Currently prisoners can work a 32 hr week and are paid between £8 - £12 depending on the work involved, such as laundry, prisoners are also restricted on what they can buy with their savings.
What is your opinion, should prisoners be allowed to accumulate nest eggs or should their earning go towards the cost of keeping them incarcerated?
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