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21/08/2013
Inmates Employed For Market Research
Inmates from a Wolverhampton prison are being employed to carry out market research in a scheme criticised as being "incredibly naïve".
Prisoners from HMP Oakwood and Drake Hall, Staffordshire, are being paid to work in a call centre, carrying out market research for insurance companies, according to the BBC.
Despite criticism of the work scheme, the Ministry of Justices has said that all prisoners working as part of the initiative have completed a risk assessment, all calls are supervised and there are stringent security measures in place.
A spokesperson is reported as saying: "We do not want prisoners sitting idle in their cells when they should be working towards their rehabilitation."
(MH/JP)
Prisoners from HMP Oakwood and Drake Hall, Staffordshire, are being paid to work in a call centre, carrying out market research for insurance companies, according to the BBC.
Despite criticism of the work scheme, the Ministry of Justices has said that all prisoners working as part of the initiative have completed a risk assessment, all calls are supervised and there are stringent security measures in place.
A spokesperson is reported as saying: "We do not want prisoners sitting idle in their cells when they should be working towards their rehabilitation."
(MH/JP)
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