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Would you feel better about it if the prisoners' situations were identical, but the profits went to the government or to reparations for victims of crime?
by 13of40 9y ago
Would you feel better about it if the prisoners' situations were identical, but the profits went to the government or to reparations for victims of crime?
- eli_gottlieb 9y agoNo. It's still an incentive to create crime and enslave people.
- moate 9y agoGod no. That just incentives the government (who create the laws) to put people in prison. And who is the "victim" if someone goes to jail for say, possession of drugs/paraphernalia? The only correct answer is "if you employ people, you pay them." This includes people currently serving jail sentences. Going to jail is meant to be a punishment. You're losing months/years of your normal life. If people wish to offer convicts a way to help mitigate this by offering them employment, then they shouldn't get the ability to employ them at a discounted rate, because that's punitive to people who are not in jail.
- jjoonathan 9y agoAbsolutely not.
- Falling3 9y agoNo, especially since such a huge percentage of US prisoners are non-violent offenders. What would make me feel better is if we made serious efforts at rehabilitation and reducing recidivism.
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- sincerely 9y agoNo no no. Money should go to the people doing the work.
- throwawayjava 9y ago> ...or to reparations for victims of crime? The courts already have a way of doing this that doesn't involve slavery.
- moate 9y agoTo that end: if there was a civil suit against someone and you wanted to allow convicts to work in prison while paying them a fair wage in order to pay off this debt, that is a logical and even noble choice. I think the biggest issue everyone seems to have is the idea of below market wages being paid to the workers.