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20-10-2014, 07:04 AM | #51 | ||
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I know your names are similar so I understand the confusion. For what it's worth, it actually does irk me, slightly, that prisoners get to learn skills and trades "for free" that aren't easy to access for young people in everyday life either through lack of places or simply because they can't afford the tuition fees. It seems completely wrong that someone can go to jail for 5 years and come out more skilled and more employable (often with the possibility of self employment) than someone who has been slogging away in something low paid like a retail job for 5 years. I'm just not sure what the alternative is. |
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20-10-2014, 07:17 AM | #52 | |||
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20-10-2014, 09:16 AM | #53 | ||
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We're a long, long way from anything like that happening, though. I do agree about sentencing though. A sentence should be what it is - you get 5 years, if you keep clean in prison you get out in 5 years, to the day. Time should be added ON for any criminal activity / violence perpetrated whilst in prison... rather than time taken off for "good behaviour". The only time taken off a sentence should be for time served on remand during a trial. Last edited by Toy Soldier; 20-10-2014 at 09:19 AM. |
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20-10-2014, 02:59 PM | #54 | |||
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My response was to the concept of offenders being treated like outcasts this hasn't been the case for many years since the rehabilitation of offenders act 1974. https://www.gov.uk/exoffenders-and-employment What counts as a spent conviction Convictions with a sentence of 4 years or less will become spent after a certain period of time. This is known as a ‘rehabilitation period’. Its length depends on how severe the penalty was. Rehabilitation periods Custodial sentence Rehabilitation period (from end of sentence) 0 - 6 months 2 years 6 - 30 months 4 years 30 months - 4 years 7 years more than 4 years never Therefore if he comes out at 23 fully trained then by 30 the offence is wiped and he no longer has to declare it to employers anyway.
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