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Not to undermine what he did. The US prison system just seems very unproductive, put him in a factory for 20 of those years.
by w0z_ 2y ago
Not to undermine what he did. The US prison system just seems very unproductive, put him in a factory for 20 of those years.
- themaninthedark 2y agoAnd then we will have people complaining about slavery...they already say that prison jobs pay below minimum wage so they are slavery.
- pavel_lishin 2y agoI don't like the incentives that creates. Private prisons and the existing prison labor system are bad enough.
- emanuele232 2y agoforced work for who breaks the law? you risk to fall in the "slavery with extra steps" situation
- stonogo 2y agoSlavery as a punishment for crime is explicitly authorized in the United States Constitution.
- lesuorac 2y agoTo piggy-back on this, not only is it explicitly authorized it's often expected. Failure to voluntarily participate in a work-program is grounds for solitary confinement (which entails more penalties than just being by yourself).
- jobs_throwaway 2y agofederal prisons already require prisoners to work. We DO have slavery with extra steps
- user90131313 2y agono, private prisons are productive?
- rootusrootus 2y agoPrivate prisons account for 8% of the total prison population.