[w0z_]

Not to undermine what he did. The US prison system just seems very unproductive, put him in a factory for 20 of those years.

[pavel_lishin]

I don't like the incentives that creates. Private prisons and the existing prison labor system are bad enough.

[themaninthedark]

And then we will have people complaining about slavery...they already say that prison jobs pay below minimum wage so they are slavery.

[emanuele232]

forced work for who breaks the law? you risk to fall in the "slavery with extra steps" situation

[stonogo]

Slavery as a punishment for crime is explicitly authorized in the United States Constitution.

[lesuorac]

To piggy-back on this, not only is it explicitly authorized it's often expected.

Failure to voluntarily participate in a work-program is grounds for solitary confinement (which entails more penalties than just being by yourself).

[jobs_throwaway]

federal prisons already require prisoners to work. We DO have slavery with extra steps

[user90131313]

no, private prisons are productive?

[rootusrootus]

Private prisons account for 8% of the total prison population.