Posted on 11/19/2015 4:46:45 PM PST by Talkwire
The system is broken, and there's a few glaring reasons that won't get corrected come Hell or high water.
1. Convicted inmates should be worked. They should also receive some sort of wage - not the laughable pittance they get in a lot of jurisdictions. The public employee unions don't like the competition, however - but they DO like spending our tax dollars.
2. The inmates should be producing their own food. They used to, in many areas. Now, they get crappy food from low-bid food service companies.
3. The point of The Great Big Giant Large Criminal Jesters System is to blow our tax dollars like drunken sailors - except that drunken sailors are spending their OWN money, and eventually they run out. Our Masters just keep writing rubber checks.
Considering that I’ve not been harping about slavery here someone is being a bit dense....
He’s going to beat that strawman to death... :)
Interesting perspective. Yes.
Here’s a clue for you...
Jails are not resort hotels.
Talking about failure to read - did you even read the headline?
Did you even read your own post?
Work prisons could be far more profitable if the supreme court did not keep reinterpreting the ‘humane treatment’ clause.
It is time for EACH STATE to define ‘humane treatment’ for itself.
However, jails hold the accused. I believe that only the convicted should be required to work.
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