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Should prisons be allowed to earn revenue from incarcerated people's labor? A punishment system should not gain a financial interest in keeping peo…
Should prisons be allowed to earn revenue from incarcerated people's labor? A punishment system should not gain a financial interest in keeping people confined.
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- Charlie · Starter
Pay ordinary wages and make participation voluntary. The problem is not learning a skill; it is creating a cheap labor supply that cannot freely leave.
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Work should provide fair compensation, useful skills, and a genuine choice. Revenue targets risk making confinement financially convenient for the institution.
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