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> Prisoners should be able to take any job they can plausibly do from inside at any salary they can get. Prisons also serve to punish and deter. Allowing inmat
by olalonde 10y ago
> Prisoners should be able to take any job they can plausibly do from inside at any salary they can get.
Prisons also serve to punish and deter. Allowing inmates to earn market wages would make their punishment a lot lighter, especially for white-collars. Maximising "productivity" isn't and shouldn't be a priority for prisons.
- cldellow 10y agoYou could address this by a punitive tax regime for prisoners. Then the person could still be earning more than a few cents per hour but additionally is contributing more to society via taxes. This also mitigates the undercutting of the non felon labour market. I'm not really advocating for this, but it'd be one angle to consider.