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why not market wage? Prison inmates often have spouses, children, elders, and also need to save for their own retirement If we want to rehabilitate people, we
by clcaev 3y ago
why not market wage? Prison inmates often have spouses, children, elders, and also need to save for their own retirement
If we want to rehabilitate people, we have to consider their financial wellbeing so they can reenter society when they are released, otherwise, we are just setting them up for continued failures
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> why not market wage There would be zero public support for giving prisoners free food and housing for building up a nest egg. Market rate is fine, but I imagine a deduction for prison costs would be assessed.
- tstrimple 3y agoAnd would almost completely kill the profit motive of prisons that we know for a fact has been used to put innocent people behind bars. https://www.npr.org/2014/03/08/287286626/kids-for-cash-captures-a-juvenile-justice-scandal-from-two-sides https://www.npr.org/2014/03/08/287286626/kids-for-cash-captu... It seems prudent to remove perverse incentives when possible.