should we be allowing prison labor when people in our ecpnomy need jobs?

In a decade or so prisoners may be the only ne making stuff in America.

Their wages can compete with China and India.
 
Prison riots, etc. that happen when prisoners have nothing to do would be the price. Do you think that is worth it? If you do I suggest you fight to end work activities for prisoners, they don't count as people anymore...
 
Damocles said:
Prison riots, etc. that happen when prisoners have nothing to do would be the price. Do you think that is worth it?
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Do you think you can prove that "Prison riots, etc. happen when prisoners have nothing to do"?


If you do, I suggest you do so....
 
have you guys not thought about the economy in this one?


Prisoners can do something for a nonprofit to bide their time.


You know donate their efforts to something to pay back for their crime.


You can reward them in other ways besides money.


Privledges and such.


No one should be profiting off of people being in prison.
 
here's a juicy quote for ya, desh


Unicor is a government-run enterprise that employs over 13,000 inmates -- at wages as low as 23 cents an hour -- to make goods for the Pentagon and other federal agencies.

With some exceptions, Unicor gets first dibs on federal contracts over private companies as long as its bid is comparable in price, quantity and delivery. In other words: If Unicor wants a contract, it gets it.
 
and what am I saying?

that we should end this pracitce and produce these goods with properly paid workers
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNICOR


Activities

UNICOR is economically self-sustaining and receives no government funding.[6][citation needed] In fiscal year 1996, UNICOR had net sales of $459 million.[7] In fiscal year 2008, UNICOR employed 21,836 inmates: 17% of eligible inmates held in federal prisons. The company generated US$854.3 million in sales. Of these revenues, 80% went toward the purchase of raw material and equipment; 16% went to staff salaries; 4% went to inmate salaries.[6]

UNICOR has 109 factories in federal prisons, producing about 175 different types of products and services, including clothing and textiles, electronics, fleet management and vehicular components, industrial products, office furniture, recycling activities; and services including data entry and encoding.
 
Do you know how little prison labor pays? It's pretty much like working for nothing, and often they are stuck with reparation. So ya, prison labor wages and conditions, not the kind of thing people are envying.
 
The corporation is self-sustaining and receives no appropriated funds. Revenues generated by sales are used to cover the program’s operational expenses.

Yeah, at the expense of tax revenues from tax paying businesses and their tax paying employees
 
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