Thursday, 09 August 2012 08:09
'A business is bussing in inmates from an open prison 21 miles away and paying them only £3 a day to work in its call centre.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) confirmed that dozens of prisoners from Prescoed prison in Monmouthshire, south Wales, had done "work experience" for at least two months at a rate of 40p an hour in the private company's telephone sales division in Cardiff.
People working in the prisons sector described the scheme as "disgusting" and a "worrying development".'
Read more: Prisoners Paid £3 a Day to Work at Call Centre That Has Fired Other Staff
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