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What prisoners get paid might seem slow. In the documentary Angola, the warden makes the case for paying prisoners so little. It costs x dollars/year to feed a
by kayman 11y ago
What prisoners get paid might seem slow.
In the documentary Angola, the warden makes the case for paying prisoners so little. It costs x dollars/year to feed and take care of a prisoner.
A working prisoner helps provide part of that income reducing the burden on the state, in turn the tax payers.
- manigandham 11y agoI'm not disagreeing. My point was that their current rates are so low that the increase is huge, especially given the other costs involved in them being prisoners. It's not cheap labor at all.