For "victimless" crimes like drugs and prostitution the earnings should go back as a refund to the taxpayers.
This is kind of what happens when people get out. In addition to jail/prison sentences, many people are assigned reparations to the state. it gets pretty ridiculous, though. I met a guy who owed the state or county or whatever 50k for having <1g of marijuana concentrates. I mean make a guy do community service or something. Placing what amounts to an insurmountable debt for most felons isn't helping with rehabilitation. They're just incentivized to work under the table so they can actually keep some money.
Btw, this guy I met (in jail), his other option was to spend something like 6 months in jail. So guess what he did?
The prisoners should be paid, with 100% of the earnings going to their victims.
For "victimless" crimes like drugs and prostitution the earnings should go back as a refund to the taxpayers.
This is kind of what happens when people get out. In addition to jail/prison sentences, many people are assigned reparations to the state. it gets pretty ridiculous, though. I met a guy who owed the state or county or whatever 50k for having <1g of marijuana concentrates. I mean make a guy do community service or something. Placing what amounts to an insurmountable debt for most felons isn't helping with rehabilitation. They're just incentivized to work under the table so they can actually keep some money.
Btw, this guy I met (in jail), his other option was to spend something like 6 months in jail. So guess what he did?