I worked in federal prison sweatshops for 23 cents an hour
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I worked in federal prison sweatshops for 23 cents an hour
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don't see Big Booze having to serve any sort of penalty for addiction treatment, I know a lot more addicts of alcohol than whatever drug is illegal.
Jail shouldn't be a business, there shouldn't be an incentive to send people to jail. We want to prevent police, judges, prosecutors from profiting from the kickbacks they might get if they can manage to find ways to send more people to jail.
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Selective empathy is a sign that you're not in a good place. Maybe you should join a program. Definitely talk to someone about wanting to hurt people. That isn't good.
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#10Whether someone is a criminal or not doing this work is besides the point. The person is being punished for the crime through incarceration. Having to serve as a slave in that system should be illegal.
This is btw also common practice in Germany and France. Prisoners who want access to sports, more than 1 shower a week, a TV/radio, etc ... are only able to do so when taking part in prison work.
Edit: And whether one is allowed to work, and how soon, also depends on whether one gets along with the guards. Work also decides if one can afford to fuel a nicotine or caffeine addiction - if not you have to go beg the Russians, Albanians or whoever runs that racket etc to add it to your tab that you can later pay off with interest ...
Edit-2: what most don't seem to grasp is that a large percentage point of those inside are usually on the streets in cold countries and rather get locked up than freeze to death. Another sizable percentage are refugees escaping conflict zones and that fell through the cracks of a system that should have given them ptsd treatment. Not everyone inside is there because they deserve doing time.