Do you not think they should have to work? It's better to work, to apply yourself & be successful, than to just sit there. It's the only bit of rehab they get. Jail is expensive. I think of more importance is the ridiculously high number of people being jailed & costs to family.
Today, incarcerated men and women are going on strike to protest the slave labor they are demanded to partake in. The 13th Amendment allows this, but it is wrong. It must be protested. All slavery should be banned in this country. Period.https://theintercept.com/2018/01/14/florida-prison-strike-unpaid-labor-brutal-conditions/ …
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I know. I just feel the focus should be to get justice back in the judicial system. There are so many unfair sentences and so many others that belong in rehab, or schooling instead. Plus the overall living conditions are unacceptable (especially considering the crime).
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Not to mention the cost for care packages, phone calls, & even visits now for the family! I feel like those things should be addressed first. It's easier to make a case for paying them pennies -it costs a lot to house them. But really, probably less that 50% should even be there!
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Work is good for inmates you're right. The difference between work and slavery is work is a choice and work is paid a fair wage.
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Yes, but that's how you get into the "but it's expensive to house them" argument which is probably how they get away with this. My problem is, most shouldn't even be there to begin with! That's the true crime.
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When corporations and the government benefit from prison labor is the minute they go out and find more prison laborers in the streets.
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That's crazy talk! Next you'll start talking about a prison-industrial complex and a school-to-prison pipeline! Just because a few judges get payoffs from private correctional facilities to send juveniles there, people get all upset... (Yes, for the dense, that was sarcasm.)
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I know full well the US (and other countries, one would presume) actually HAS both a prison-industrial complex and school-to-prison pipelines.
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don't think world realises how many known companies use prison population 2 make products Should be publicly shamed
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Prison labour is very low paid, so it benefits corporations by increasing their profit margin, so corporations want as many people in prison as possible, and lobby politicians for it. However, prison labour drives down wages for the rest of us. Let's not support it.pic.twitter.com/kM957KRmnh
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Prison labour is very low paid, so it benefits corporations by increasing their profit margin, so corporations want as many people in prison as possible, and lobby politicians for it. However, prison labour drives down wages for the rest of us. Please stop supporting that.pic.twitter.com/9zRBkNZPsM
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#US#slavery prisons PUNISH: ~80% re-offend.#Norway's system is therapeutic, so it shows MERCY, REFORMING people: only ~20% re-offend. Do you prefer to prioritise your "shoulds", or do you prefer a safe society? You can't have both. https://www.businessinsider.com.au/why-norways-prison-system-is-so-successful-2014-12 …@businessinsider
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I worked for the FL DOC years ago in their legal dept & what I saw was horrendous. I eventually had to resign bc of the total lack of humanity that the dept has towards prisoners. It ate at my heart. I see things haven't changed & have gotten worse. So very sad
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When I was a wild land firefighter the convict crews that fought along side us were amazing. Not one of those guys thought of themselves as slave labor they were not only proud of what they did, but excited to do the job. Just like the rest of us firefighters
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Good for them but this isn't always the case
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I get that. I’m sure there are very different situations from what I saw.
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It's one thing to feel heroic, it's another to be black in the south and forced to pick cotton for 12 cents an hour or making garments for Victoria secret for comparable wages or less. Also those firefighters might not qualify for a comparable job once out because of their record
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In California, ex-cons do not qualify. There aren't many wildland fight fighting jobs anyway, tho, because prisoners are a third of the force.
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