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Why do you think it's okay to pay people $1 per hour? The federal minimum wage, well known to be a joke, is still $7.25

nelsondev 4y ago
Free “room and board” is a form of compensation. RA’s (Resident Advisors) at American universities, students whose job is to handle dormitory issues, are compensated via free “room and board.”
- lesuorac 4y ago
  False equivalence. Whatever crime you were committed of did not carry a penalty where you had to pay for your housing in prison. So your room in board is covered in the case where you work and where you don't and can't be deducted from wages. Now, the crime you were convicted of may have required you to pay some form of victim compensation. This is often deducted from any prison wages.
- anigbrowl 4y ago
  You can quit if you get tired of being an RA. What a specious argument.
- ejb999 4y ago
  >>Free “room and board” is a form of compensation. and don't forget healthcare.
  - inetsee 4y ago
    Would you like to rely on the quality of healthcare you would get in prison?
- tsimionescu 4y ago
  RA's are not forced by the state to spend all of their time in the dormitory. The state has chosen to imprison these people, it is forcing them to live inside the prison. The costs the state incurs in maintaining the prison are not "paid room and board" for the inmates.
idoh 4y ago
The caveat is that I've never actually spent time in a prison, my understanding of the setup is that the base level experience is that you stay in your cell / rec room, and can go outside to the yard like an hour a day. Beyond that, you can volunteer (or get paid some small amount) to help out in various ways, like working laundry, barber shop, kitchen, library, etc. I don't think any of these pays minimum wage. Adding another thing that prisoners can opt into doesn't seem crazy or exploitive, if it is truly just another choice that they can make.
- lesuorac 4y ago
  It's often not really a choice (i.e. work or received additional punishment) and sometimes not paid either. [1] [1]: 2:01 ~ 2:30 https://youtu.be/AjqaNQ018zU?t=121 https://youtu.be/AjqaNQ018zU?t=121
  - idoh 4y ago
    Agreed, and that's kinda what I was saying. Theoretically it could work, in practice, not so much.

Free “room and board” is a form of compensation. RA’s (Resident Advisors) at American universities, students whose job is to handle dormitory issues, are compensated via free “room and board.”

lesuorac 4y ago
False equivalence. Whatever crime you were committed of did not carry a penalty where you had to pay for your housing in prison. So your room in board is covered in the case where you work and where you don't and can't be deducted from wages. Now, the crime you were convicted of may have required you to pay some form of victim compensation. This is often deducted from any prison wages.
anigbrowl 4y ago
You can quit if you get tired of being an RA. What a specious argument.
ejb999 4y ago
>>Free “room and board” is a form of compensation. and don't forget healthcare.
- inetsee 4y ago
  Would you like to rely on the quality of healthcare you would get in prison?
tsimionescu 4y ago
RA's are not forced by the state to spend all of their time in the dormitory. The state has chosen to imprison these people, it is forcing them to live inside the prison. The costs the state incurs in maintaining the prison are not "paid room and board" for the inmates.

idoh 4y ago

The caveat is that I've never actually spent time in a prison, my understanding of the setup is that the base level experience is that you stay in your cell / rec room, and can go outside to the yard like an hour a day. Beyond that, you can volunteer (or get paid some small amount) to help out in various ways, like working laundry, barber shop, kitchen, library, etc. I don't think any of these pays minimum wage. Adding another thing that prisoners can opt into doesn't seem crazy or exploitive, if it is truly just another choice that they can make.

lesuorac 4y ago
It's often not really a choice (i.e. work or received additional punishment) and sometimes not paid either. [1] [1]: 2:01 ~ 2:30 https://youtu.be/AjqaNQ018zU?t=121 https://youtu.be/AjqaNQ018zU?t=121
- idoh 4y ago
  Agreed, and that's kinda what I was saying. Theoretically it could work, in practice, not so much.