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…
> 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…
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…
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…
You do not become a ward of the state when you receive a speeding ticket.
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…
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.
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…
> 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…
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…
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…
You do not become a ward of the state when you receive a speeding ticket.
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…
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.