Criminal justice and prisons

[ac3r]

But to suggest they should essentially be paid for being a criminal even though criminality costs our nation hundreds of millions of dollars a year is an insane idea.

They don't get paid for having committed a crime. The pay is for doing work.

My point was that whatever they earn should be paid back. It isn't a lot of money, but a prisoner costs us tens of thousands a year and we pay for that. Have them work, take their money to pay for staff it's costing us to keep them, but also reform the system. There are lots of countries we can look to for solutions, with Japan being one great example.

Prison labour is not slavery or dehumanizing because it works fine around the world. Jail and prison get's referred to as Con College. It would be much more beneficial for everyone if they worked while also developing skills and responsibility.