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Prison is, by definition, non-voluntary.
by rmah 7y ago
Prison is, by definition, non-voluntary.
- ryanmercer 7y agoPrison, by definition, is opt-in. You do the crime and show disregard for society, you opt-in.
- behringer 7y agoAnd of the people innocently imprisoned? https://www.innocenceproject.org/ https://www.innocenceproject.org/ Or those imprisoned for life for stupid shit? https://www.aclu.org/report/living-death-life-without-parole-nonviolent-offenses https://www.aclu.org/report/living-death-life-without-parole...
- ryanmercer 7y ago>And of the people innocently imprisoned? "estimate is that 1 percent of the US prison population, approximately 20,000 people, are falsely convicted." https://www.innocenceproject.org/how-many-innocent-people-are-in-prison/ https://www.innocenceproject.org/how-many-innocent-people-ar... While it is unfortunate, they make up 1% of the prison population.
- tylermw 7y agoAll fine and good until you're in that 1%. Then you might have a slightly different opinion on forced unpaid labor for someone else's profit, otherwise known as slavery. But seriously, I see that 1% and it solidifies why prison populations should not be subject to forced labor for profit. That is not a low number.
- inetknght 7y agoSo if the prisoners aren't paid but the prison is, that creates motive to (have more prisoners|create more non-voluntary workers) with an illusion of volunteering because otherwise those non-voluntary workers would be involuntarily staring at a wall all day.