Community punishment for offenders to go to the vote
Public to be given chance to vote on work done by criminals on community punishment projects
By Alan Travis, Home Affairs Editor, The Guardian
A new scheme which claims to give the public the right to vote on what physical work should be carried out in communities by offenders is to be launched today.
The scheme, launched by the justice secretary, Jack Straw, and home secretary, Jacqui Smith, will allow the public to choose via a government website which of five local projects should be started first.
About 55,000 "community payback" projects, including clearing up litter, cleaning graffiti and redecorating community centres, were completed last year with more than 6m hours of unpaid work ordered by the courts.
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3 comments:
Again - your feelings on this?
Do we also get to vote who should get community punishment?
I think in the present climate actual offenders might find themselves pushed to the back of the queue by all our politicians!
James: I think my views are well documented on this blog and elsewhere on the internet.
BB: I was thinking something similar myself. There are a lot of MPs who represent the Snoutsinthetrough constituency.
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