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> We cant have them accumulating tons of money while in prison with no outside bills, that's just not fair to the taxpayer. Actually, as being able to leave pr

> We cant have them accumulating tons of money while in prison with no outside bills, that's just not fair to the taxpayer. Actually, as being able to leave prison with a small nest egg would almost certainly reduce recidivism, it would probably be more fair to the taxpayer than the current system. > You also don't want to incentive's going to prison as some sort of decent alternative lifestyle on the taxpayers dime. Living in a cell while earning minimum wage isn't a "decent lifestyle", it's merely slightly less awful than prisons in the US currently are.

ryanmercer 7y ago
>Actually, as being able to leave prison with a small nest egg would almost certainly reduce recidivism, it would probably be more fair to the taxpayer than the current system. Or it would give people bankrolls to go out and jumpstart their dealing, buy a weapon for their next string of robberies, get spent at a bar/strip club the first week out, get spent on sex workers after a few years of abstinence, used to immediately buy drugs for personal use after forced sobriety. Or just strengthen the gangs inside prisons "hey bubba, we know you've got to have a few thousand dollars in that account, you'd better give it to us or you might not live very long. Congrats you've got a new girlfriend her name is Jane Smith, add her to your visitor list then transfer the funds to her on the outside"