Reply #26: Um, even besides the human rights problem this *does* drive down wages [View All]

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for people who are *not* incarcerated. Companies that have a free supply of captive labor are hardly going to look outside for people they actually have to pay. And if companies are making super-profits from this practice, who can say they won't start greasing the skids to jailing people for jaywalking as long as you keep adding to the workforce of free labor. Paying the jailed workers a real wage would help this. Plus it's the right thing to do.