monniez

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by monniez 4y ago
I mean, really? You want to trade your freedom and clean criminals record for minimum wage plus room and board? No sane person would do that. Prisoners should receive their wages less income taxes. Anything else creates a moral hazard, as w
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by monniez 4y ago
> Yet the government pays no bills and provides no help. They are not wards of the state nor are they locked up. That’s a huge win. The correct solution isn’t to make prisoners more miserable, but to make everybody less miserable.
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by monniez 4y ago
Going to prison is no reward. No sane person would go to prison for the chance to earn minimum wage. Furthermore, as the article states, prison services are substandard or entirely missing. Either fix that and we can talk deductions above n
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by monniez 4y ago
That’s fine if the state was providing these activities as unpaid or low paid hobbies in addition to actual jobs. The problem is that the state is exploiting the prisoners for profit. The profit should go to the prisoners doing the work.
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by monniez 4y ago
You do not become a ward of the state when you receive a speeding ticket.
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by monniez 4y ago
According to the article there are not enough jobs to go around, so you are not forced to do a job. However, if you do take a job, you should be paid for it, like everybody else. This is important to counter prisons for profit schemes as we
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by monniez 4y ago
Prevailing market rates, at or above minimum wage, sounds about right. Prisoners should be allowed to acquire and purchase necessities without markups with their earnings. Prison facilities and services should be free.