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Yeah, I don't understand why prison labor should be controversial as long as they're not being treated terribly. Give them minimum wage if weighs on your consci
by brink 3y ago
Yeah, I don't understand why prison labor should be controversial as long as they're not being treated terribly. Give them minimum wage if weighs on your conscience, and pay it out in a lump sum when they get out.
- burkaman 3y agoPlease read the article, it addresses all of your points and should help you understand.
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- sdenton4 3y agoBecause we tend not to like slave labor in the modern world. Using prisoners for slave labor creates perverse incentives to enslave more people, and keep them enslaved longer.
- brink 3y agoCall me old fashioned, but I don't think law abiding citizens should bear the burden of those who break the law. If people outside those prison walls are forced to get a job, then the people inside those walls should be no exception.
- KSteffensen 3y agoBecause it sets up incentives for whoever benefits from the labor to lobby for stricter crime laws regardless of whether those stricter laws lead to less crime in the long term.
- Supermancho 3y agoThis is a problem with crony capitalism, moreso than the philosophy of rehabilitation vs punishment.