This looks like a scheme to keep ex-inmates underwater. To rejoin the society they need legal income. Prisons watch out for such "deserters" and take half of th

This looks like a scheme to keep ex-inmates underwater. To rejoin the society they need legal income. Prisons watch out for such "deserters" and take half of their income, so they won't have enough for rent or food, and would have to go back to crime, and eventually to a prison. Where is the profit for prisons? It's twofold: forced labor where inmates make license plates and some basic goods, and admin fees for managing prisons where taxpayers foot the bill.