Noch immer verdienen Häftlinge in irischen Gefängnissen nur 50 Cent für einen Arbeitstag
https://www.dublininquirer.com/inmates-still-earn-just-50-cents-for-a-days-work-in-irish-prisons/?ref=dublin-news-newsletter
Von nitro1234561
Noch immer verdienen Häftlinge in irischen Gefängnissen nur 50 Cent für einen Arbeitstag
https://www.dublininquirer.com/inmates-still-earn-just-50-cents-for-a-days-work-in-irish-prisons/?ref=dublin-news-newsletter
Von nitro1234561
35 Kommentare
“ when you get into prison and you’ve nothing, it’s brutal,” said convicted drug dealer „The last meal of the day, provided by the prison, is served at 4pm ………………. That leaves a long 16 hours until breakfast the next morning.
Poor fucker. So sad.
50 cent seems high.
I mean, do they deserve to get paid more? Sure you can call it unfair, but they’re in prison for a reason. Most sentences I read about are suspended, so aren’t those in prison convinced of generally more serious crimes?
so?
So crime doesn’t pay.
But they get fed and housed and educated even though they’re in prison for wrong doing in the eyes of the law? It’s not trabolgan ffs
Look, they are there for a or several reasons, but not providing some sort of meal for dinner when you can’t leave is not right.
Damn that’s fucked, thought that was a US-exclusive thing.
Scandalous, should be 0 cents, the homeless could use that 50 cents
Don’t like the idea of barreling down the road to this kind of prison labour. But it’s not like they have much expenses while they are in there. I’d prefer for them to be working towards making tangible comfort changes to their prison life rather then making a miniscule amount of real currency. Prison is a removal from society I think money shouldn’t be involved at all. But this is such a small amount it feels pointless anyway.
I used to think they should be paid. But then I realised the cost 100K per year per prisoner. And the reoffending rate varies but it can be very high, depending on the age. So all in all, it’s unfortunate and I get it, but do the crime, do the time.
> “They’re basically using hunger as a punishment,”
*Incentive
You’re not in prison long term for not paying a TV licence
Am I meant to feel sorry? You’re in prison for a reason
Sounds fine. Their bed, board, utility bills, and security are included in the package.
Who is employing Irish inmates? Does anyone know? What type of work do they do? How many hours of the day?
Too much there getting
Dublin Inquirer is great. This full article is well worth a read, there are some interesting considerations re addiction and debt blackmail
Surprised by the amount of commenters who simply don’t give a fuck
they should be allowed to work remotely if their previous job was possible to do like that.
it wont be a small amount but still better than nothing.
Worlds smallest violin playing right here for them, prision is supposed to be shit and a punishment, should half the 50c as response to their complaints.
That’s just slavery with extra steps.
fair enough give them a wage increase,but then garnish it to pay their victims back. In cases where they do actual skilled work but if its just chores like cleaning, cooking, laundry boo hoo, tough shit you have to take some responsibility for your free accomadation.
Some of these comments are wild. I seen one saying they shouldn’t be paid because the re-offence rate is so high, I can’t get over the irony of thag sentence.
Such bullshit. It costs €2,000 a week to keep prisoners in jail. They shouldn’t be getting a penny.
*plays worlds smallest violin*
Outraged I am, our poor criminals are being treated so badly!
You don’t care about us? Well we don’t care about you either.
And the cycle goes on and on.
You’re not rehabilitating offenders… you’re solidifying their isolation / exclusion from society. You’re showing them how little everyone else cares about them.
And it should be no surprise when they don’t want to truly be a member of society ever again / continue to live on belief systems that centre around this:
“The world is a cruel place. I am out for myself because I have to be. Nobody cares if I’m made into a slave or treated as less than any other human… I’ll show them who holds the power.”
Your right, they should stop the pay, cost of keeping them in there has gone up
They get free accommodation and meals, no electricity, water, heating bills. Free gym membership, no tv licence. And other perks as well.
We need more prisons
Yeah we shouldn’t be making them work for so little. They should be working for free to repay society for the damage they have done. Students don’t get paid to go to college. Is that slavery?
Give them their supper too. That’s fucked. They should also have everything they need to rehabilitate
We are pretty immature the way we handle prisoners and those with conviction. Essentially mandate poverty with very few schemes to get people with convictions work and a future away from crime.
I’d imagine that if given the opportunity to work for minimum wage and save up some money while incarcerated would drastically reduce the amount of reoffenses.
But let’s ignore actually improving society and people’s lives and be evil bastards instead.
Pay the minimum wage for any hours worked but then charge for accomodations, heat, light, food and everything else. See how that works out. If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.