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I don’t see how selling to the outside world is a problem in itself. It connects with the community and gives the workers a much more fulfilling sense of accomp
by jiofih 5y ago
I don’t see how selling to the outside world is a problem in itself. It connects with the community and gives the workers a much more fulfilling sense of accomplishment than doing it as a hobby.
What you described only holds true if:
1. There is nobody overseeing policies regarding prices, compensation and workloads.
2. The “business” or workforce can be grown to increase profit
3. Work is mandatory
Both 1 and 2 point to a private prison system being a problem. They have little oversight, and are incentivized to increase the # if prisoners instead of it being an expense.
- kstenerud 5y agoSelling to the outside world is not a problem PROVIDED the producer of said products can set the asking price for their labor and the (free) market itself dictates what they can get. This is never the case with prison systems, public or private.