Beep@lemmus.org to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoPriorities peoplei.redd.itimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1344
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minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoThe problem is that the labor is not always for things like public works or self sufficiency.
minus-squareSkv@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoOf course not. Prisons aren’t entirely tax-funded.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 hours agoThat’s the problem. The state shouldn’t have a profit motive when it comes to incarcerating humans. In fact, prisons being expensive is a very good motive to find better ways of handling rehabilitation than locking people in cages.
minus-squareSkv@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoAgreed, but nothing will be done about it.
The problem is that the labor is not always for things like public works or self sufficiency.
Of course not. Prisons aren’t entirely tax-funded.
That’s the problem. The state shouldn’t have a profit motive when it comes to incarcerating humans.
In fact, prisons being expensive is a very good motive to find better ways of handling rehabilitation than locking people in cages.
Agreed, but nothing will be done about it.