[RC one]

all those jobs that Americans won't do that we need Illegal aliens for? I have a better idea. Put the prisoners to work in the fields. California is about to release felons into society because they can't afford to house them anymore. Rent those dirtbags out to the local farmers and make them earn their keep. This makes TOO MUCH SENSE PEOPLE. Then, once you have the dirtbags making a profit, you'll have people lining up to purchase the state owned prisons so THEY can rent out out the dirtbags for a profit. Furthermore, if prisoners are forced to work all day in the field as a slave for a decade or so (as opposed to sitting around watching cable television and buggering each other), they may be increasingly disinclined to commit further crimes upon their release. I see no downside. None.

[screaminsunshine]

I wonder if the Island down in French Guyana is for rent.

[umgud]

I see no downside. None.

What about the poor union workers they put out of jobs? /s

[Razz Barry]

all those jobs that Americans won't do that we need Illegal aliens for? I have a better idea. Put the prisoners to work in the fields.

Prisoners and Welfare moochers. Send the illegals, and their anchor babies, home.

[I Shall Endure]

I can’t think of anything more threatening to freedom than adding a profit motive to incarceration. That’s what Stalin and Hitler did.

They should do make-work. Yes - it costs society more that way. But it’s worth it.

[anonsquared]

Put them on stationary bikes that feed the energy produced into the power grid.

Instead of giving them 5 to 10 years, they can be sentenced to producing X amount of kilowatts of electricity.

[maine yankee]

“The provincial Tories have announced their plan to put inmates to work if they’re elected this fall.”

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If the inmates are elected ?

English not required for reporting job.

[arthurus]

Chain gangs of the 1930s? I remember seeing lines of prisoners in Florida chained to each other hacking the weeds beside Rte 231 guarded by a guy with big hat, sunglasses, and a shotgun. That was in the late 50s. A friend's daddy was on one such and used to say some of the prisoners wanted to be on those crews because there was nothing to do in the jail and they got to be outdoors. Some wanted on because they thought it might present an opportunity to escape.

Lots of prisoners now want to be on the work crews that have GPS leg bands instead of leg irons and no shotguns for the same reasons.