WACKY article of the WEEK
Prisoners are to operate telephones for $35 a week at a call centre inside a Sydney jail.
About 30 female inmates will handle inquiries for government agencies within the next month before pitching for private sector campaigns in the future, according to The Daily Telegraph.
Prisoners at the medium-security Dillwynia Correctional Centre have already begun training.
The inmates will soon begin marketing CSI products, such as recycled ink cartridges and refurbished furniture, to schools and businesses.
They are then expected to take calls for government agencies, such as licence renewal inquiries normally handled by the Roads and Traffic Authority.
The initiative has generated a fierce union response, warning the local industry would be damaged if cheap inmate labour was widely used
posted by Jeannie @ 9:43 PM
7 Comments:
At 10:04 PM,
John said…
I didn't know the government was into organizing escapes from prison, oops! forgot, they will monitor the calls! Won't they? :)
Hello! This is Marlena #3245398 speaking, how may I con you?
GBYAY
At 10:19 PM,
Jeannie said…
larf larf - how can it be cheap labour when they are in there to pay for their crime "Hello - I've just murdered my husband - how may I help you"...
At 10:03 AM,
John said…
Great post! Have linked you in Around The Blogs at Scotwise!
GBYAY
At 11:03 AM,
prying1 said…
Just wait until the unions get in to organise them.
"What do you mean I can't leave? I'm just here to set up for the union. I'm NOT an inmate! OPEN THIS DOOR NOW!!!!
At 12:25 PM,
Anonymous said…
Aren't we all prisoners in the cube farm?
At 9:21 PM,
Jeannie said…
Thanks for the link Scotty
Hey Paul - maybe they could help out on the phones while they were there - you can never get enough help these days
I don't know who suffers more Meg - the one answering the phone or the one waiting for the call to be answered....
At 8:10 PM,
Jeannie said…
Larf larf...Mal
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