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In reply to the discussion: Prisoners are fighting the California fires - $1.00/ hour [View all]grantcart
(53,061 posts)He is serving time in prison
Fire camp is better.
Your focus on the dollar amount they ate paid focuses on the most irrelevant point possible.
They get actual training for real jobs, in his case a cook
They get much better (and safer) living conditions
They are only on fire related about 4 or 5 days a month
But none of that compares with the biggest benefit which is 2 fold:
Everyday they are in camp (fire or now fire) they get 2 days subtracted from their sentence, and instead of living as a prisoner in a cage they are addressed by their name, walk around freely and get an enhanced sense of self worth because they are, for the first time In a long time doing something for the larger good.
Your pathetic snark is only matched by your over bearing paternalism. You assume that all of these guys are unable to make decisions in their self interest and that you know better. They believe that they have made an informed decision and are fortunate. On the other hand you believe that they made a terrible decision and are being exploited. What a wonderful world you live in where your decisions are perfect and people that make different decisions are exploited and coerced.
In my friends case increased pay doesn't make any difference because what ever he makes In prison is garnished to pay back the $ 1.2 million he stole from 80 year widows, the people that were actually exploited and coerced.