the Minister for the Interior intends to introduce a Community Service Bill to Parliament

追加: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]You go to prison for 5 years and we spend more money feeding you than the cost of the fowl.

[00:00:05]You know?

[00:00:07]We've spent more money paying prison officers to watch over you than the cost of the fowl.

[00:00:13]And by the time you come out, a young boy goes to steal a fowl and you send him to prison for a year or two. By the time he comes out, he's a well-prepared criminal because of the conditions in prison. So, instead of reforming, he rather just decides to specialize in a life of crime because he's seen it and so it no longer deters him to go to prison.

[00:00:39]So, the Minister for Interior wants to bring the community service bill so that for some category of offenses, we can rather impose community service as part of the penalties instead of imprisonment.

[00:00:58]So,