Prisoners in Brazil Can Reduce Their Sentences by Producing Electricity: Enlightening?

Prisoners in Brazil Can Reduce Their Sentences by Producing Electricity

treehugger.com 08 Jul '12, 5pm

Prisoners in Brazil Can Reduce Their Sentences by Producing Electricity: Enlightening?

Although prisons are ostensibly intended as places where convicted criminals can pay their debts to society, confinement behind bars rarely yields anything other than the punishment alone. But now, thanks to an innovative new initiative underway at a correctional facility in Brazil, prisoners are being given the chance to slash their sentences while bringing a bit of light into the world, literally -- by producing the electricity used to power street lamps. According to Jornal Nacional , Brazil's Santa Rita do Sapucaí prison, following the suggestion of a local judge, recently installed electricity-generating stationary bikes as part of a plan to keep inmates active while letting them contribute to a greater good. For every 16 hours spent pedaling to charge a battery connected to the bike, prisoners of good standing will shave a day off their sentences. The energy will the...

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