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Not sure why you got downvoted here. Private prisons are very much a thing in the US and in my state. Not to mention the Federal prison Industries https://en.
by Ccecil 6y ago
Not sure why you got downvoted here. Private prisons are very much a thing in the US and in my state.
Not to mention the Federal prison Industries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Prison_Industries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Prison_Industries Revenue $531,453,000 (2019)
"Under current law, all physically able inmates who are not a security risk or have a health exception are required to work, either for UNICOR or at some other prison job.[4][12] Inmates earn from US$0.23 per hour up to a maximum of US$1.15 per hour, and all inmates with court-ordered financial obligations must use at least 50% of this UNICOR income to satisfy those debts"
And that is just one of them...on the federal level...not state.
- FpUser 6y ago>"Not sure why you got downvoted here" Some patriots probably got offended.
- meowster 6y agoPlease don't unnecessarily bring politics into the discussion. (It wasn't me, I don't have enough karma to downvote.)
- TimothyBJacobs 6y agoDo you think prison reform is not a political topic?
- FpUser 6y agoThis is just too rich. I am not the one who brought politics here. This would be more properly directed to the people who start political topics. And there are plenty of these topics on HN. Looking at this disproportional reaction it feels like we have stakeholders here.