I think it could only work if their charges didn't follow them out into the real world and they made meaningful wages with the company who contracts through the

I think it could only work if their charges didn't follow them out into the real world and they made meaningful wages with the company who contracts through the prison willing to go to bat for them when they are released. The reality is, these people go to prison to be "rehabilitated." They provide a cheap labor stream. Then when their time is up, they come back to the real world and either have a difficult time being hired or no one will hire them because of their record, so they end up doing crime because, brother has to eat to live, then they wind back up in prison as a cheap labor source. The wages paid are meaningless, so there is not a real way to save up a nest egg for when they get out and on their feet. The best thing that recently has happened in this regard is California saying they will consider people who did fire fighting during their jail time will get real consideration to work for Calfire if they apply for openings. Which is awesome since these people already have some basic experience and training. It is crazy what we allow prisoners do and then they can't get hired for it. My father in law for awhile during his one of his prison sentences worked with EMTs, but yet on release, has no pathway to employ the skills he learned.