Inmate Labor = Big Profits in America

[Hortical]

Lots of jobs here in America, starting at $1/hour.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...SzoJFkTA8&NR=1

[HL]

It is not unusual for me to be on the roads and see the Dept. of Corrections van--and inmates cleaning the side of the roads. I support this.

One of the many aspects i like about my community is it's cleanliness. Part of it is due to prison labor.

Jamaica as a tourist destination should use prison labor to clean the sides of the road. Prison labor should be used for Islandwide beautification projects. Prisoners would benefit from skills learned in Horticulture and a small stipend.

I support this US initiative. If you don't want to go to prison...don't do the crime--'specially if you know that you are black and predisposed to unfair outcome of the law.

[Don1]

This is a sanitized, Norman Rockwell type view of the odious Prison Industrial Complex operated by the US... representative of many behind the Mason Dixon line

[Hortical]

I have no issue with prisoners doing some productive work behind bars.
Frequently, the private prison industry has become big advocates & have lobbied for mandatory minimum sentences which provides a huge labor supply.

[HL]

s/b..."huge CHEAP labor supply".

Capitalism...gotta love it.