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They would rather be outside the cells fighting fires. You would stop that program?? nt
USALiberal
Nov 2018
#7
No it is not. Slaves had no choice. These prisoners asked for this job. Simple. nt
USALiberal
Nov 2018
#11
Just because someone is in prison does not mean they don't want to help their community
alphafemale
Nov 2018
#23
Not really, when one considers it cost more per year to incarcerate someone than it does...
Small-Axe
Nov 2018
#14
He did terrible things. He ripped off dozens of elderly folks and got their life savings
grantcart
Nov 2018
#41
Right, that makes exploitation and coercion okay, and we should totally build our justice system
WhiskeyGrinder
Nov 2018
#42
Inmates who volunteer to fight California's largest fires denied access to jobs on release
ProudLib72
Nov 2018
#21
It isn't really supposed to be mitigated by the labor. We could afford to pay a more reasonable
JCanete
Nov 2018
#25
The $75,000 cost just gives a lie to the charge this is cheap labor. It's not.
Small-Axe
Nov 2018
#26
well its cheaper than hiring somebody who isn't in prison. They're already paying that
JCanete
Nov 2018
#29
that sounds like platitudes to me. How would better pay in any way reduce taht pride? nt
JCanete
Nov 2018
#31
While I agree with some of what you are saying, I think thats far too easy. For one thing,
JCanete
Nov 2018
#28
It seems simplistic to blame only the prison lobby for the criminality that causes people...
Small-Axe
Nov 2018
#32
it is where our priorities are. Scaremongering and promoting policing, anti-immigration, etc.
JCanete
Nov 2018
#34
I think you are letting a radicalized worldview get in the way of seeing the positives...
Small-Axe
Nov 2018
#35
what is radicalized about my world-view? I'd need an example. You know that in 2014
JCanete
Nov 2018
#36