#225 - Chapter 225 Have you heard of labor reform?

Making a fuss about Azkaban?

Ever since Sirius Black's breakout, the Ministry of Magic's focus has been on capturing Black.

As for how Black escaped, the Aurors had long given up investigating.

Fudge asked doubtfully, "Sebastian, do you mean to have the Ministry of Magic refocus on Azkaban and find the loopholes within it?"

"Alas... that won't be easy."

"You know, Black was one of the most closely guarded prisoners, with Dementors watching his door day and night."

"But according to the Dementors' reactions, they didn't notice anyone leaving Azkaban that night."

"The Aurors can't figure out what went wrong either."

"Minister," Sebastian chuckled softly, "there's no need to dwell on what went wrong, nor on how he escaped; that's not the most important thing now."

"If you want to eliminate the impact of Black's escape, the best way is to overshadow it with something more far-reaching."

"For you, Minister, the most effective thing to do is to do something positive to attract public attention."

Positive things?

Azkaban?

How do these two connect?

What positive things can be done in a place like Azkaban...?

Fudge looked at Sebastian with a face full of question marks, waiting for him to further explain.

Seeing Fudge's expression of doubt and anticipation, Sebastian smiled inwardly and went straight to the point without keeping him in suspense.

"Since 1718, Azkaban has officially become a wizarding prison."

"On the surface, it has successfully become a place to imprison wizarding criminals, after all, Dementors can act as guards, saving time, Galleons, and effort."

"But if you look closely, there are many unreasonable aspects within it, and the previous Ministers of Magic basically never really paid attention to these issues."

"You can reform Azkaban and be the first Minister to reform Azkaban."

Hearing this, Fudge's eyes gradually lit up, and his gaze flickered with undisguised interest.

Every word Sebastian said ignited the desire in his heart.

Interesting!

The first Minister to reform Azkaban!

This title is simply tailor-made for himself.

Of course, this matter must be handled beautifully, so that he will surely be remembered by the world as a brave and innovative leader.

"Sebastian," Fudge's eyes became more eager, "tell me quickly, what are the unreasonable aspects of Azkaban?"

Sebastian leaned back on the sofa relaxedly, tapping his fingers lightly on the armrest, as if organizing his thoughts.

"The biggest problem is the single model of Azkaban. The prisoners held here, although their crimes vary, are sent to this cold and dark prison regardless of the severity of their crimes."

"Prisoners serving life sentences are mixed with wizards who have only committed minor crimes, and even those who have unintentionally made mistakes are sent to this extreme environment."

"For those who have committed minor crimes or have short sentences, the oppressive environment of Azkaban will only cause them to mentally break down, or even lose the possibility of reintegrating into society."

Fudge frowned and nodded.

Indeed, this one-size-fits-all approach can easily cause problems.

In fact, he had also heard some dissatisfaction with Azkaban, but he hadn't paid much attention to it.

"So, what should be the direction of reform? How should I change this system?" Fudge couldn't wait to know the answer to the question.

"Minister, the first step in reform is to show some humanistic care to these prisoners with lighter crimes."

"Sebastian, do you mean to build another separate prison? That would be too expensive, and the Ministry of Magic can't afford it."

"No need for such trouble," Sebastian smiled slightly and continued, "Have you heard of labor reform, Minister?"

Labor reform?

Fudge shook his head blankly. Having grown up in the magical world since childhood, he had never heard of the concept of labor reform.

"The so-called labor reform is to achieve the purpose of reforming prisoners through labor."

Understood!

This is to make the prisoners work.

Fudge looked at Sebastian in astonishment.

Merlin!

How dark-hearted must this guy be to think of making prisoners work.

Truly worthy of being Sebastian, always able to think of things that others can't.

"Sebastian," Fudge hesitated, "in that case, the prisoners will riot, right?"

"Don't worry, Minister. I haven't finished speaking yet," Sebastian waved his hand gently.

"My idea is to exclude the prisoners serving life sentences and provide the remaining prisoners with a choice."

"Whether to go out to work, or continue to stay in Azkaban and sit quietly in prison."

"If you choose to work, you need to work eight hours a day, of course, the work place is not in Azkaban, and the food during work must also be guaranteed."

"To put it bluntly," Sebastian talked eloquently, "these prisoners can leave Azkaban during the day to work, and in the evening, just send them back to Azkaban to sleep."

"As for the content of the work, it can be growing herbs, brewing potions, or simply processing potion materials, or processing alchemy materials."

"If they still don't know how, then it's very simple, the Ministry of Magic can provide special trainers to train these prisoners."

"In this way, after these prisoners have served their sentences and are released, they will all have a skill and relevant work experience, and be able to better integrate into society and reduce the crime rate."

Fudge leaned forward slightly, his eyes shining.

He could feel that just helping prisoners reintegrate into society would bring him great prestige.

In addition to this, there are many advantages of labor reform, such as bringing a lot of Galleons to the Ministry of Magic and improving the Ministry of Magic's financial problems.

In order to stay away from the Dementors, prisoners would definitely be willing to come out to work.

After all, only those who have really stayed in Azkaban know that leaving Azkaban is like being in heaven.

Maybe, in order to stay outside longer, prisoners would be willing to work more than eight hours.

996, or even 007 is possible.

Hehe!

Fudge could already foresee the scene of the people praising him for his merits.

However, he was not too complacent, after all, there were still many problems.

For example, how to transport prisoners to and from Azkaban on a large scale;

How to prevent prisoners from being lazy in the name of work;

How to prevent prisoners from escaping while working, and so on.

Thinking of this, Fudge's face was full of smiles: "Sebastian, there are still many problems here."

"You have to help to the end!"

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