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Rally in New Haven calls for fair wages for incarcerated workers
Chron ^ | 8/25/18 | Valerie Bannister

Posted on 08/26/2018 2:56:35 AM PDT by Libloather

NEW HAVEN — Ending modern day slavery in prisons in the United States was one of the demands made at a rally Saturday in New Haven where about 70 people gathered for speeches and a march in support of a nationwide prison strike for reforms, including more than below minimum wage pay and rehabilitation services.

“No justice, no peace,” the crowd chanted in unison, some holding signs, led by Jamarr Jabari of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, New Haven. “It’s time for us to start treating people as human beings, not just for profit,” he said.

“We’re fighting for them to have a better chance, a better choice,” Jabari told the people who gathered for the rally.

In support of a nationwide prison strike, the Connecticut Green Party, the Party for Socialism and Liberation of New Haven and others gathered at Superior Court, Juvenile Matters, gave speeches and marched to the New Haven Correctional Center around the corner, where they stood chanting for a short time.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: connecticut; corrections; inmates; jail; prison; rally
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Oh, my. Connecticut incarcerates people? Why would they do something as horrible as that? They never really mention it.
1 posted on 08/26/2018 2:56:35 AM PDT by Libloather
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Quite frankly, they lucky to be working at all in prison....but yeah, busting rocks daily for free would work too to pay back their debt to society......


2 posted on 08/26/2018 3:12:29 AM PDT by cranked
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So pay them $10 per hour.

Charge them $9.75 per hour for room and board.

If they don’t work, feed them aclu loaf.


3 posted on 08/26/2018 3:19:15 AM PDT by glock rocks (... so much win!)
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I just think the Dems in Connecticut are splintering, as the CT Watermelon (fka Green) Party and the Party for Socialism and Liberalism (wow, sounds like a Party in Venezuela) and the Working Family Party are splinted from the Dems.

Why should criminals in jail be paid? They shouldn't, unless 95% of the paycheck goes towards their victims (or the victim's family). The other 5% goes towards the TAXPAYERS who gets stuck with paying for these CRIMINALS in jail. No Criminal PAYCHECKS!!! Never!

4 posted on 08/26/2018 3:44:51 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: cranked

the Connecticut Green Party, the Party for Socialism and Liberation of New Haven, NUFF SED! the dope from park slope deblasio in NY have plans to build borough jails which includes a shopping mall.


5 posted on 08/26/2018 3:45:18 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Libloather

I wonder if these little nitwits ever stop to consider that we *want* prison to be uncomfortable because we want to provide an incentive to avoid going back?

Also, we are too generous. Other countries make prisoners or their families pay for everything. If the prisoners are to get “living” wage, they should pay their own room and board.


6 posted on 08/26/2018 4:00:24 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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This will be moot. If prisoners get a “living wage”, they will soon all be unemployed.


7 posted on 08/26/2018 4:06:16 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Libloather

Wasting a weekend on this idiocy is proof of no useful life.


8 posted on 08/26/2018 4:20:57 AM PDT by relictele
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To: Libloather

Members of international Answr there?


9 posted on 08/26/2018 5:03:46 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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This is a bad idea on so many levels.

Since prison work seldom make a profit, where would the wages come from - Taxpayers? What next? 401k retirement plans?

Crazy ideas like this get put into place because of collusion between the “protestors”, the unions, and politicians,

It is a way to transfer wealth from taxpayers into the pockets of the union and create a slush fund for politicians.


10 posted on 08/26/2018 5:45:25 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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“It’s time for us to start treating people as human beings, not just for profit,”

How about, mentioning this to the guy in jail, who's there because he burglarized my house?

11 posted on 08/26/2018 5:46:57 AM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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"Wasting a weekend on this idiocy is proof of no useful life."

:)

12 posted on 08/26/2018 5:49:46 AM PDT by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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To: Libloather

I’m good with paying “fair” wages to incarcerated workers, and making them use all their proceeds to pay for their incarceration. They would still be in debt to the state upon any release, but at least it wouldn’t be “slave” labor.


13 posted on 08/26/2018 5:52:29 AM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (Socialism is for losers.)
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To: Libloather

I guess that would be ok. As long as the price to incarcerate them is deducted from their pay.


14 posted on 08/26/2018 5:54:54 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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A shopping mall in a jail? I guess they'll have shoplifting class...'How to Steal a flat screen TV' in it... 😀
15 posted on 08/26/2018 6:23:45 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: Libloather

We need to bring back convict labor. Put them to use clearing canals, constructing earthworks, and other labor intensive tasks instead of working out and watching sports on a flatscreen in the common area.


16 posted on 08/26/2018 6:39:50 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Libloather

That’s the latest thing from the left: prison is slavery.

Of course, blacks commit 5 time more crime for their percentage of the population than whites, so more are in prison. The left thinks blacks should be allowed to commit their crimes against whites as reparations.


17 posted on 08/26/2018 7:01:57 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Cynicism is the only refuge in a world that is determined to eliminate itself.)
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To: Libloather

The message is really very simple If you don’t want to work for those low wages, don’t commit a crime. Duh.


18 posted on 08/26/2018 7:42:03 AM PDT by OutbackBob
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Free room and board, free education, free medical and dental, free HBO, free wardrobe, free hair stylists, free counseling, free phone, free laundry, free internet but they want them to have fair wages. Did their victims get anything fair from them?


19 posted on 08/26/2018 7:56:59 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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> This will be moot. If prisoners get a “living wage”, they will soon all be unemployed.

Companies hiring prison labor at slave wages in lieu of paying free Americans is something all conservatives should be outraged about.


20 posted on 08/26/2018 10:52:17 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 1)
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