Another Strike looming?:-)

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expat replied

30 April 2008, 14:45
Originally posted by The Lone Gunman View Post

It is a token payment to encourage them to work. It allows them to buy little luxuries.
Prisons only run with the consent of the inmates.

I thought it was democratic societies that were supposed to run like that, not prisons.
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HairyArsedBloke replied

30 April 2008, 13:48
Rent, council tax, water bill, gas bill, electricity bill, tv licence, food, etc, to come out of benefits or minimum wage or all of that plus a fiver all to yourself. Makes me want to go back and stay inside too.
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ctdctd replied

30 April 2008, 12:17
Originally posted by The Lone Gunman View Post

I think you will find that is per week.

Oh yes - so it is!

I suppose a fiver a week isn't too bad - they can get quite a lot for that when they stroll out to the local supermarket.
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The Lone Gunman replied

30 April 2008, 12:09
Originally posted by ctdctd View Post

Token payment??????

It's the minimum wage - they'll be up for IR35 investigations next!

I think you will find that is per week.
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ctdctd replied

30 April 2008, 12:05
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

Of course they get paid. Drugs, ciggies, prostitutes, Sky Sports and Alcohol ain't free mate.

Just get them a copy of GTA IV each - cheaper in the long run
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ctdctd replied

30 April 2008, 12:04
Token payment??????

It's the minimum wage - they'll be up for IR35 investigations next!
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The Lone Gunman replied

30 April 2008, 12:01
Originally posted by ctdctd View Post

From the beeb,

A planned 38% increase in the minimum weekly pay for prisoners in England and Wales has been abandoned the day before it was due to come into force.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he had delayed the decision on rates to allow the creation of a new inmate contract which would encourage good behaviour.

The rise from a minimum £4 to £5.50 for work inside jails would have been the first increase since the mid-1990s.

They get paid?

It is a token payment to encourage them to work. It allows them to buy little luxuries.
Prisons only run with the consent of the inmates.
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DimPrawn replied

30 April 2008, 11:59
Of course they get paid. Drugs, ciggies, prostitutes, Sky Sports and Alcohol ain't free mate.
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ctdctd started a topic Another Strike looming?:-)

30 April 2008, 11:53
Another Strike looming?:-)

From the beeb,

A planned 38% increase in the minimum weekly pay for prisoners in England and Wales has been abandoned the day before it was due to come into force.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he had delayed the decision on rates to allow the creation of a new inmate contract which would encourage good behaviour.

The rise from a minimum £4 to £5.50 for work inside jails would have been the first increase since the mid-1990s.

They get paid?
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