But Then The For-profit, Privately Operated Prisons Would Lose The Free Labor That They Rent Out! Even

But then the for-profit, privately operated prisons would lose the free labor that they rent out! Even worse, the prisoners would be more likely to successfully integrate into society upon release rather than reoffending, and THEN how are the prison corporations supposed to get their paycheck from Uncle Sam? I suppose that next, you’ll tell me that we shouldn’t even be imprisoning nonviolent marijuana users, or overpolicing urban areas inhabited by socioeconomically disadvantaged demographics. It’s like you don’t even respect how hard the prison lobbyists work to EARN the current system. Grow up

I'm not actually inherently against the idea of prison labour in the sense that I am not against fairly compensated, voluntary jobs for prisoners. If there was a well-regulated program in place to give prisoners jobs with the same paycheque anyone else in that field gets, with training, work experience, job skills, etc when they got out I'd be all for it. That way they'd have a proper resume and demonstrated skills to fall back on and could find work and rejoin society again on their own independence, like how rehabilitation is supposed to work. Actually, add some financial literacy and life skills education on top of that while they're serving their sentence, and you're setting them up for success rather than re-incarceration when they get out again. What I'm against is slave labour forced upon prisoners for pennies on the dollar, if they get anything at all.