Prisoners should be required to work 40 hours a week behind bars, says study to be backed by ministers
Prisoners should be required to do 40 hours a week work behind bars and take apprenticeships to end the “culture of idleness” in jails, says a major report to be endorsed by ministers.
The report, by a former No 10 adviser to Theresa May, proposes a new legal obligation for all prisoners to be required to do 40 hours a week work, training or education.
In a return to the tradition of “penal labour and toil,” offenders would only be allowed to apply for conditional release from jail, parole or enhanced privileges if they complied with the requirement.
