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The program would put the families under 24-hour surveillance and subject them to surprise checks by government agents (in some circles, they might be called "thought police"). Balls believes this is essential to preventing youth with unstable family lives from turning to crime and drugs. Amazingly, Conservative party member Chris Grayling believes these strong measures to be "much too little, much too late."
The so-called "sin bins" have been tested in 2,000 homes so far, and supporters hope to expand that number to 20,000 within the next two years. That's 20,000 houses with government agents watching every move, 24/7. It's good to know that Orwell was generally right, even if he was off on the date a bit. [From: Daily Express, via Wired]
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Subscribe to commentswebAug 4th 2009 3:42PM
America already has a camera in every home. WHat do you think cable tv, telephones, etc are for.
floydpink7Aug 4th 2009 4:18PM
Wow... it's actually happened...
MartyAug 4th 2009 4:56PM
Obumblers next dream of total government control
HarryAug 4th 2009 5:08PM
It is only a matter of TIME until every government and the majority of people believe that this type of monitoring is needed and necessary! all we have to do is wait!!!!
Kevin TaylorAug 4th 2009 5:23PM
Things like this makes me less sad about my chronic illness. I won't live long enough to see a wide spread application of things like this.
SheepFeb 2nd 2010 4:46AM
I'm just going to be playing devil's advocate here but: The surveillance is not going to be implemented everywhere and probably only in government owned housing. I think that its fairly reasonable that the government should be allowed monitor how their housing is used, if you don't want to be monitored, buy/rent your own house. I don't think that 24/7 surveillance is the answer but I think that something needs to be done to at least give protection to underprivileged children.
On the other hand, this is the perfect example of a sliding slope theory which many people dismissed as fear mongering.
EmilyFeb 2nd 2010 2:07PM
people who beat and abuse their kids and are capeable of crimes inside the household do not deserve to have privacy.... if these cameras can save even one persons life, then i say that its totally worth it.
BennyMar 3rd 2010 3:58PM
Seriously?!
If you actually believe this, then you're an idiot. This would contravene so many human rights it would be ridiculous. In fact, this is pretty much an automatic guarantee to loose the next general election.
These camera's are NOT being installed, this is complete nonsense. It's not even going to be installed in 'government owned' houses, i.e. council houses. Regardless of who owns the lease on the property, the tenants have privacy laws protecting them.
Stop pandering to this panic media, it's complete shite.