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I am talking from a US perspective. At a minimum we must: 1. Guarantee safety for the imprisoned. No more fear of physical / sexual violence. The way people jo
by mcny 3y ago
I am talking from a US perspective. At a minimum we must:
1. Guarantee safety for the imprisoned. No more fear of physical / sexual violence. The way people joke about "don't drop the soap" is maddening.
2. No forced labor, no unpaid / barely paid labor. All work must be paid at least prevailing market rates
3. Free of cost essentials - food, clothing, air conditioned shelter, no roommates
4. No price gouging - anything not considered essentials must not cost more than market rate, allow multiple third party vendors in case of disagreement
This is the bare minimum.
If we can't meet these, we absolutely must abolish prisons.
- throwaway6734 3y ago>No forced labor, no unpaid / barely paid labor. All work must be paid at least prevailing market rates Why? Someone needs to pay the cost to imprison people and it's unfair to not make the guilty party at least partially responsible for that cost
- mcny 3y agoWe, the taxpayers, pay for it. If we cannot afford it, we don't have any business running a prison. On a more selfish note, I don't want (let's call it like it is) slave labor to dilute the value of my labor.