Can they sink any lower?

[cjwatson]

This government, especially David Blunkett, is thoroughly evil. When can we get one with moral stature higher than pond scum?

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[gerald_duck]

I thought the deal was that the fact prisoners didn't pay for board and lodging was set against their not earning money for work done while in prison?

Given that one of those prisoners went on hunger strike, it may well be that some of them also refused to work while in prison.

As for the one who hasn't received compensation yet, raising the matter before a final compensation sum is agreed is, as previously mentioned, surely the right way round to do it?

But, again, we don't know the full facts in any of these cases. Given those facts, they may not even turn out to be comparable to one another.

[hoiho.livejournal.com]

I thought the deal was that the fact prisoners didn't pay for board and lodging was set against their not earning money for work done while in prison?

No. Prisoners cannot be made to work: forced work is slavery.
China is routinely criticised for doing just this.

[gerald_duck]

They're not forced to work, but if they do work, they don't earn any money from doing so. (Isn't having worked while in prison allowed to count in one's favour at parole hearings, by the way?)

[hoiho.livejournal.com]

They earn a small amount of money for work. But if they refuse to work, they still aren't charged bed and board.