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I Worked in Federal Prison Sweatshops for 23 Cents an Hour (theintercept.com)

submitted 1 year ago by haxor@derp.foo to c/hackernews@derp.foo

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[–] scv 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why do you think it's reasonable?

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uhh.. prison? There should be standards for treatment better than there are, but it's not supposed to be happy fun time. It's prison.

[–] scv 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You didn't really answer the question. What do you think prison should be like? And what do you think prison should be for?

Right now in the US it's slave labor for corporations and suppression of certain demographics. The US is dystopian, I'm currently in a "third world country" and when I describe life in the US people are appalled.

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Rehabilitation mainly, permanent accommodations for some. Basic needs taken care of, meaning soap toothpaste a couple changes of clothes etc. Basic food needs met. Anything more than that they'll work for fair pay to pay for it. Any restitution would be taken out of the pay, limited to a percentage.

Deadlock necklaces are also appealing but I'd rather see those used on politicians.