Should prisoners be treated as slaves?

i was told that people in prision should work work work, get fed, washed, treated with a certain degree of respect but pay for theirselves and make britain profit from them.i agree.
Answer:
Slavery, in any form is wrong..

To the thumb down Brigade,

Article 4 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms

thumbs down prove I am right,

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Maybe if they were, the crime rate would decrease.

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prisoners should be treated as prisoners...

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It depends which model of imprisonment you take - is the purpose punishment, reform or containment?

For the last 200 years, these three basic themes have come into and out of fashion, and all have pros and cons. I would tend to agree that the current 'human rights culture' seems to make a mockery of imprisonment as punishment, although I think there is probably a reality gap between the cases that grab the tabloid headlines and the reality of the prison experience for the average crim!

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Prison is meant to be a punishment, not a trip to Club Med. While I don't agree with slavery, I don't see making prisoners work long and hard to earn their keep as slavery. After all, I work long and hard to earn my keep and I haven't committed any crimes.

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Not as slaves, but as a normal working man. They should grow their own food, raise their meat, or work to make a profit for the prison so taxpayers want have to pay.
They did the wrong, they should pay for it.

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slavery is not wrong if the person committed a big crime. i'm against the death penalty because it's too easily. you should make hell for those that have murder or tortured innocent people.

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That would give the authorities an excuse to jail anyone for anything. Anyway what did slaves do to deserve being treated in such a fashion, was it to do with skin colour? Are all people behind bars guilty? Someone said they should be given a bit of land and left to 'get on with it'. That might scare some people as they might actually become prosperous

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I think the bread %26 water days are long behind us, and unfortunatly John Reid would not consider schackling prisioners to the walls in an attempt to solve prison overcrowding. To use the word slave at this moment in time is probably not the best term to use, but I agree with you on one thing, prisioners should be forced to work, and prefferably hard labour, but the punishment should fit the crime, for example someone who is in prison for non-payment of council tax probably doesn't deserve to spend 12 hours a day working in a chain gang.

I can also never understand why drugs are so rife in prision, surely it can't be that hard to stop them getting in. So to answer your question, no not as slaves, but the country would benefit from tougher sentencing (so we would have to rip up the Human Rights Act (1998), the punishment should fit the crime and the manner in which you served your sentence (so yes use your work work work ethos here), and I am a beliver in capital punishment, so child killers and peodophiles, certain murderers, severe drug dealers, traitors and terrorists would swing.

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So do I, because rehabilitation sure isn't working.

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No. Slavery is one of the most immoral things, and even people who have committed crimes don't deserve it.

Besides, many "criminals" only commit the crimes because they live in society that makes it hard for them to live any other way. it's no coincidence most criminals are working class.

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you would create an internal rebellion.it wont work.