Lefty friends now believe prisons are entirely black
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To be fair, I don't think this should happen. American companies should pay law abiding Americans fair market rates, not cheat with illegals/immigrants or prisoners. Prisoners should only work on things the taxpayer would pay for otherwise, or in industries the state already controls.
I honestly this should be fine as long as it is voluntary. Having a job, doing a good work and getting both a normal wage and maybe a reduced sentence may help some of this people
Well, then they should be paid minimum wage. Point is, I don't like the idea of corporations being able to pay one group of people less than they can legally pay your everyday person.
It's not "slave labor" like the leftists want to claim, but it does have certain similar economic outcomes, where jobs are shuffled away from people, to people who can be paid a lot less due to their circumstances.
To be clear, I want prisoners to be able to work, but everyday Americans shouldn't have to compete against them. Because they can't if they're getting paid almost nothing.
I'm always very suspicious when the state gets involved in business because, unless it's handled very delicately, it ends up being very unfair, often for everyone involved.
I agree and only want to add that a prison labor force provides an incentive to build more prisons and fill them.