Parkhurst or bust?

“Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service, big Frank from E-wing speaking.  How May I help you?”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/aug/09/prison-call-centre-plans-revealed

Don’t know if you saw this one from yesterday at all Paul?

Prisoners paid £3 a day to work at call centre that has fired other staff

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) confirmed that dozens of prisoners from Prescoed prison in Monmouthshire, south Wales, had done “work experience” for at least two months at a rate of 40p an hour in the private company’s telephone sales division in Cardiff.

careful nevip .... you’re on 999 posts .... make the next one a good ‘un !

(where do we send the cake?)

Hi Paul

Yes I did see that.  I’m finding it more and more difficult to talk about this government without peppering the text with expletives.  And, on a different note, I see the legal challenge to the Work Programme has momentarily stalled.  I fully accept that it is not slavery.  That would demean the suffering of those who were/are truly slaves.  However, article 4 does not set the bar that high.  There is the lower threshold of forced or compulsory labour.  The differences might be nuanced but, in my view, they are there.

Hi Shawn.  Send it to Parkhurst.  I’m feeling murderous.

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