tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863414063591193583.post1048368818670591845..comments2023-09-15T15:26:50.833+01:00Comments on Standing Stone's Blog: Workfare: We Need to Have a Serious Think About It (Guest Blog)Standing Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14969250460264507629noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863414063591193583.post-73612600257222577942012-06-17T23:35:08.991+01:002012-06-17T23:35:08.991+01:00Hi Julia, glad you found the post informative. I&#...Hi Julia, glad you found the post informative. I've been following events in the US about the private prison scandel and it is getting to the point where we will see the same thing here. I'll do more research about the private prison problem and report about it as you do raise important points.Kyle's Travelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06997686584402424277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863414063591193583.post-1329048405753685342012-06-17T21:10:21.673+01:002012-06-17T21:10:21.673+01:00I didn't know about workfare, so thanks. Did y...I didn't know about workfare, so thanks. Did you know about profits made from prisons? <br />In the US, there are private prisons. Judges have vested interests in them or can be bribed. More prisoners means more profit. Michael Moore has been following a case of juveniles sentenced for no crime at all. I don't know if we have private prisons in the UK, but we will soon.<br />In the US and the UK, prison labour is either very cheap or free. Prisoners have no moral choice about what they can do for work. They are often used to manufacture arms. It is the big companies that are profiteering from this again, as with Workfare. It also means that other people can't get jobs! The minimum wage doesn't apply in prisons. The worst thing of all is that is incentivising putting people in prison. The Judges and the people that run the big corporations are in the same group of people. And look how many new crimes are appearing all the time, very conveniently to put more and more people in prison.<br />Slave labour camps are here in the UK. They are called prisons, and you do not have to be an evil person or commit an evil act to be put in one.Julianoreply@blogger.com