About time. Getting paid for their work is the only right thing. They should work to pay for their own incarceration, but they should also get something extra for it as well.
I agree there are good practical reasons for this, and to go off on a tangent: it reminds me how, in general, such discussions about public policy and funding programs would be more broadly accepted or successful (but maybe less impactful?) if they were framed that way rather than right vs. wrong. For example with costs of healthcare in the US and how to help the poor. People across the political spectrum usually agree that healthcare is too expensive, and before 2012 we were gradually getting new state-run health service programs that filled the gap between private insurance and indigent care. It's possible that conservatives could have been convinced on the benefits of targeted funding in some areas, but liberals are moralists and had to engage in mass propaganda campaigns to hit us all on the head with HEALTHCARE IS A RIGHT!
Naturally many of us were like "no, fuck off with your socialized medicine bullshit", and the political lines were drawn.
About time. Getting paid for their work is the only right thing. They should work to pay for their own incarceration, but they should also get something extra for it as well.
Yes, so when they're released, they're not stone broke.
Also, they'd know how to do something useful, and have a sense that hard work pays off.
I'm inclined to support it as well, not because it's "the right thing", but because it reinforces good behavior.
I agree there are good practical reasons for this, and to go off on a tangent: it reminds me how, in general, such discussions about public policy and funding programs would be more broadly accepted or successful (but maybe less impactful?) if they were framed that way rather than right vs. wrong. For example with costs of healthcare in the US and how to help the poor. People across the political spectrum usually agree that healthcare is too expensive, and before 2012 we were gradually getting new state-run health service programs that filled the gap between private insurance and indigent care. It's possible that conservatives could have been convinced on the benefits of targeted funding in some areas, but liberals are moralists and had to engage in mass propaganda campaigns to hit us all on the head with HEALTHCARE IS A RIGHT!
Naturally many of us were like "no, fuck off with your socialized medicine bullshit", and the political lines were drawn.
No I mean the fact is it costs more to incarcerate them than their labor is worth... which is not necessarily their fault.
What should happen is they should be directly involved in their own upkeep. Libtards should like this because that's how Europe does it.