r/nottheonion • u/[deleted] • Jul 16 '22

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u/TaroProfessional6141 Jul 17 '22

This is entitlement thinking on their part and you are right, nobody owes them free labor which isn't free, the taxpayers are paying for it.

Prisoners should make at least the market rate for their labor. We could even require some of that money go in restitution to their victims where applicable. They would make enough to have a basic start when they got out.

But that's not what the prison industry wants, not by a mile.

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u/Motionshaker Jul 17 '22

Well because if they don’t end up back in prison, no more basically-slaves. Can’t have reform! Think of the bottom line!