Tuesday, June 14, 2011
"Ontario Tories promise to force manual labour on inmates if they win election"
Interesting concept.
I wonder how it will play out...
I wonder how it will play out...
Maria Babbage has the story in the Canadian Press:
"Opposition Leader Tim Hudak is making a bold play for votes ahead of the Oct. 6 election by vowing to make thousands of provincial inmates work for their perks if he becomes Ontario's next premier.
In what's being billed as a Canadian first, inmates in Ontario prisons would be forced to perform 40 hours of manual labour a week — such as raking leaves and cutting grass — to earn rewards like coffee and gym time, he said.
'Prisoners can watch TV, they can play cards, they can play poker at the same time we do — after a good day's work,' Hudak said."
