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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Sep 26, 2011 12:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Prisoners forced to give 40% of pay to victims under new law

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... w-law.html

Quote:
Prisoners are set to have money taken from their wages and given to support victims of crime, ministers said today.

The scheme is part of Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke's rehabilitation revolution and will raise £1 million a year.

The move will affect 500 inmates who work outside prisons, which will see their take-home pay cut by up to 40 per cent and used to help support victims, the Ministry of Justice said.


Quote:
Policing Minister Nick Herbert said: ‘For too long the financial burden of repairing the damage done by crime has fallen to the taxpayer alone.

‘Making offenders pay financial reparation to victims will require them to take personal responsibility for their crimes and go some way towards making redress to victims through the funding of crucial support services.’

Under the Prisoners' Earnings Act which comes into force today, 40 per cent of prisoners' wages over £20 per week - after tax, National Insurance and any court-ordered or child support payments - will be deducted and given to Victim Support.

Does anyone actually think that this will work? If they wanted to help victims why don't they transfer all fines to victim support.The same should apply to speed camera fines. Then if they put up a speed camera they can at least claim it is not about raising money for the exchequer.

Author:  JJW009 [ Mon Sep 26, 2011 1:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Prisoners forced to give 40% of pay to victims under new law

Amnesia10 wrote:
Does anyone actually think that this will work?

Not really no, and it'll probably cost more than a million to administer...

Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Sep 26, 2011 1:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Prisoners forced to give 40% of pay to victims under new law

JJW009 wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
Does anyone actually think that this will work?

Not really no, and it'll probably cost more than a million to administer...

Well it will probably cost a lot more than they say because if the true costs were known even the Daily Mail would kick up a fuss.

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