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UK Government To Install Surveillance Cameras In Private Homes


The UK government is about to spend $700 million dollars installing surveillance cameras inside the private homes of citizens to ensure that children go to bed on time, attend school and eat proper meals.

No you aren’t reading a passage from George Orwell’s 1984 or Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, this is Britain in 2009, a country which already has more surveillance cameras watching its population than the whole of Europe put together.

Now the government is embarking on a scheme called “Family Intervention Projects” which will literally create a nanny state on steroids, with social services goons and private security guards given the authority to make regular “home checks” to ensure parents are raising their children correctly.

Telescreens will also be installed so government spies can keep an eye on whether parents are mistreating kids and whether the kids are fulfilling their obligations under a pre-signed contract.

Around 2,000 families have been targeted by this program so far and the government wants to snare 20,000 more within the next two years. The tab will be picked up by the taxpayer, with the “interventions” being funded through local council authorities.

Another key aspect of the program will see parents deemed “responsible” by the government handed the power to denounce and report bad parents who allow their children to engage in bad behavior. Such families will then be targeted for “interventions”.

Both parents and children will also be forced to sign a “behavior contract” with the government known as Home School Agreements before the start of every year, in which the state will dictate obligations that it expects to be met.

The opposition Conservative Party, who are clear favorites to win the next British election, commented that the program does not go far enough and is “too little, too late.”

Respondents to a Daily Express article about the new program expressed their shock at the totalitarian implications of what is unfolding in the United Kingdom under the guise of social services initiatives.

“Sorry, but what the hell? Why are people not up in arms about this?,” writes one, “This is a complete invasion of privacy, and it totally ignores the fact that the state does NOT own kids. It’s not up to them how parents choose to raise their children, as long as the parents do not actively harm them. Why on earth aren’t the public rioting? It’s completely anathema to basic British freedoms.”

“Excuse me!?! What an incredible intrusion into the privacy of a family! George Orwell must be spinning in his grave right now,” writes another.

“I have one comment to make: it completely violates Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (Human Rights Act 1998). Has this minister and his lackies even done any basic homework on basic human rights and civil liberties? Or rather they’ve just decided to completely ignore them,” adds another.

The move to install surveillance cameras inside private homes is also on the agenda across the pond. In February 2006, Houston Chief of Police Harold Hurtt said cameras should be placed inside apartments and homes in order to “fight crime” due to there being a shortage of police officers.

“I know a lot of people are concerned about Big Brother, but my response to that is, if you are not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?” Chief Hurtt told reporters.

Andy Teas with the Houston Apartment Association supported the proposal, saying privacy concerns would take a back seat to many people who would, “appreciate the thought of extra eyes looking out for them.”

If such programs come to fruition and are implemented on a mass scale then the full scope of George Orwell’s depiction of a totalitarian society is his classic novel 1984 will have been realized.

The following passage is from Orwell’s 1984;

The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it, moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard. There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to. You had to live — did live, from habit that became instinct — in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.


Is dit nog te verdedigen met 'we hebben niets te verbergen'?

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Op dinsdag 4 augustus 2009 00:43 schreef FicoF het volgende:
Heb je ook een samenvatting?

Groot Brittannie start met een project om cameras in huizen te plaatsen om te bekijken of kinderen wel op tijd naar bed gaan en ouders capabel zijn om op te voeden.

Dit begint klein voor een selecte groep ouders die niet goed voor hun kinderen zouden zorgen maar de bedoeling is dat dit zich zal uitbreiden.

Ouders en kinderen dienen een contract te tekenen met de overheid over acceptabel gedrag.

Het project vertoont sterke gelijkenissen met de film 1984.

[ Bericht 2% gewijzigd door Ali_Kannibali op 04-08-2009 01:14:51 ]

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Op dinsdag 4 augustus 2009 00:56 schreef wittesneeuw het volgende:
Als dit waar is is het natuurlijk schandalig, maar heb je ook nog een betrouwbare bron?

Ik ben nog aan het zoeken om het te bevestigen.

Hier is 1 bron, Daily Express uit het artikel http://www.express.co.uk/(...)s-for-worst-families:


SIN BINS FOR WORST FAMILIES
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Children's Secretary Ed Balls

Thursday July 23,2009
By Alison Little

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THOUSANDS of the worst families in England are to be put in “sin bins” in a bid to change their bad behaviour, Ed Balls announced yesterday.

The Children’s Secretary set out £400million plans to put 20,000 problem families under 24-hour CCTV super-vision in their own homes.

They will be monitored to ensure that children attend school, go to bed on time and eat proper meals.

Private security guards will also be sent round to carry out home checks, while parents will be given help to combat drug and alcohol addiction.

Around 2,000 families have gone through these Family Intervention Projects so far.

But ministers want to target 20,000 more in the next two years, with each costing between £5,000 and £20,000 – a potential total bill of £400million.

Ministers hope the move will reduce the number of youngsters who get drawn into crime because of their chaotic family lives, as portrayed in Channel 4 comedy drama Shameless.

Sin bin projects operate in half of council areas already but Mr Balls wants every local authority to fund them.

He said: “This is pretty tough and non-negotiable support for families to get to the root of the problem. There should be Family Intervention Projects in every local authority area because every area has families that need support.”

But Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling said: “This is all much too little, much too late.

“This Government has been in power for more than a decade during which time anti-social behaviour, family breakdown and problems like alcohol abuse and truancy have just got worse and worse.”

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Mr Balls also said responsible parents who make sure their children behave in school will get new rights to complain about those who allow their children to disrupt lessons.

Pupils and their families will have to sign behaviour contracts known as Home School Agreements before the start of every year, which will set out parents’ duties to ensure children behave and do their homework.

The updated Youth Crime Action Plan also called for a crackdown on violent girl gangs as well as drug and alcohol abuse among young women.

But a decision to give ministers new powers to intervene with failing local authority Youth Offending Teams was criticised by council leaders.

Les Lawrence, of the Local Government Association, said they did “crucial” work and such intervention was “completely unnecessary”.


Van de overheid zelf uit 2008 http://www.respect.gov.uk/article.aspx?id=9072

Family intervention


In some communities there are a small number of families that are responsible for a significant amount of anti-social behaviour in their neighbourhood. Many of these families have severe problems and are damaging themselves and their children, as well as those around them. Sometimes these families have multiple problems that require multiple solutions. But these solutions need to be delivered in an effective way – one that adds up to a change in the behaviour of all members of the household.
What is a family intervention project?

The main objective of a family intervention project is to stop the anti-social behaviour of families and restore safety to their homes and to the wider community.

The projects also tackle the causes of poor behaviour which involve issues such as drug and alcohol misuse, poor health, domestic violence, unemployment and debt.

This work is targeted at those whose anti-social behaviour is threatening their tenancies, is putting their children at risk or is likely to lead to them facing further action.

The projects use a dual approach which includes help for families to address the causes of their behaviour, alongside supervision and enforcement to provide them with the incentives to change.
Key features of the projects

Worst families first
The projects focus on the most problematic families who are persistently perpetrating anti-social behaviour and are at risk of losing their homes or of other significant enforcement action.

Gripping the family – changing behaviour
A contract between the family and the project is drawn up which sets out the changes in behaviour that are expected, support that will be provided and sanctions that will be imposed if behaviour does not improve.
The contract is the tool which establishes what is expected by each party. It will be clear in setting acceptable standards of behaviour and any sanctions that may arise if a family fails to comply. It will also identify the types of support to be offered.

Gripping the problem – getting to the real causes
The projects take a ‘whole family’ approach which considers the needs of the whole household and assesses the underlying problems driving the family’s behaviour. This can include a parenting element which ranges from the family worker providing intense one-to-one help to referring parents to structured, high-quality courses.

Sanctions
The threat of sanctions or use of sanctions provides both a way of curbing bad behaviour and also helps persuade people to accept and co-operate fully with the offers of support.
Types of family intervention project

A family intervention project can work in a number of ways including:

* Intensive outreach programme to families in their own homes/managed accommodation
Families are visited by project staff within their own home who provide or refer families to structured individual and family sessions during which they will work on the causes of their anti-social behaviour.

* Intensive support programme in supervised accommodation
Families receive 24 hour support and supervision from staff in accommodation provided by the project. Families are likely to be involved in many structured sessions as well as daily observation. If the behaviour of the family improves they may be moved into more independent accommodation.

What next?

A network of 53 family intervention projects has been established to work with around 1,500 problem families across England every year.

The Department for Education and Skills are providing funding to train up to 1,000 project workers to deliver parenting programmes and one-to-one support in these projects.

[ Bericht 90% gewijzigd door Ali_Kannibali op 04-08-2009 01:26:49 ]

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Op dinsdag 4 augustus 2009 01:12 schreef mirved het volgende:
Je vergeet er bij te zeggen dat dit gaat dus om ouders die niet goed voor hun kinderen zorgen.

Aangepast.

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Op dinsdag 4 augustus 2009 00:58 schreef Bill_E het volgende:

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Nee was geen troll poging ofzo. Ik ben redelijk wat in engeland geweest. En daar stikt het van de tiener moeders en "tokkies" Zonder enkel verantwoordelijkheidsgevoel.. Gaat echt niet goed komen zonder ingrijpen

Dat geloof ik wel, maar of dit nu de oplossing is...