Inside the new prison

oh…… another comment..

There will be a breakfast lunch and dinner menu.

AS POSTED BY ICANBERRAN “People were saying it would be like a 4 star hotel, seems they were right. If I were a senior and in need of an aged care placement, I think I would prefer to go here, certainly looks cleaner and more luxurios than amy old folks home I’ve seen. Good on Stanhope. Let’s make prisons so nice, people will want to go there.”

WOW.. what a great job the government have done, making this wonderful place for CRIMINALS to serve their time!
good reason for them to continue being criminals, they will get put back into a hotel each and every time..! CHEAP LIVING HUH!

Peterh – yeah, that was my point.

They shouldn’t have a choice. What next a breakfast wake up call and menu?

One thing the ACT corrective services clearly haven’t thought of, is how many prisoners, either Territory or federal, who did their crime in the ACT but are currently in a NSW prison, actually want to come to the ACT prison. While it’s VERY nice, I would imagine quite a few might want to stay in the NSW system, if they are not actually from the ACT and have family ties in NSW. In other words, those who come over the border to commit the crime.

Conversely, I expect there are offenders all over Australia who have family ties in ACT who may want to/be able to transfer here. This means that they will probably have to deal with quite a few interstate transfers.

I know they have not thought of this aspect because I work in an area that deals with prisoners, and we can’t get any answers! And I have not even included all the random queries from all over about whether they can transfer to the Sonic Hilton ‘ ‘cos it sounds good’ . . . (No, they can’t, but they WILL ask!).. I do wish they would stop advertising it like a hotel.

So all in all, their prisoner numbers are quite rubbery and likely to be wrong. Apparently they have just posted a pamphlet to all the ACT prisoners, with no letter, no contact phone, no request for an indication of whether they want to be transferred back to the ACT . . .

I imagine the playground will also be supervised.

I imagine the pedophiles won’t be allowed in the playground.

glasscentralcanberra said :

‘However, most prisoners will be housed in modern cottages where they have access to their own kitchens and bathrooms as well as individual cells with views across the mountains – very much like a share house.
It’s all designed to give a better quality of life to inmates, and help aid rehabilitation. There are also several family friendly areas with a playground for children where families can come together to see their loved ones in a more relaxed and open environment.’

Was this a serious article, or tongue in cheek? Looks like somewhere the mums and kiddies might like to move in – not.
Will kitchen knives be provided?

who wants the pedophiles to be barred from the playgrounds? bloody silly – considering that some of the inmates will be there for violent crimes against women and kids…

‘However, most prisoners will be housed in modern cottages where they have access to their own kitchens and bathrooms as well as individual cells with views across the mountains – very much like a share house.
It’s all designed to give a better quality of life to inmates, and help aid rehabilitation. There are also several family friendly areas with a playground for children where families can come together to see their loved ones in a more relaxed and open environment.’

Was this a serious article, or tongue in cheek? Looks like somewhere the mums and kiddies might like to move in – not.
Will kitchen knives be provided?

The purpose of gaols is to house prisoners, not punish them. Their punishment is being sent there in the first place.