My dad said farmers paid the same wage to prisoners as he did hired hands, the county collected the money and after a small fee it went to the victims. Should be that way today
My dad said farmers paid the same wage to prisoners as he did hired hands, the county collected the money and after a small fee it went to the victims. Should be that way today
So who gets paid and where does the money go? Is the job done for free? Perhaps it's done at a discount with some kickbacks for the warden?
From a prisoner's point of view, it would be good to see labor done directly reducing the state's costs for their incarceration. Of course they're going to be pissed if it looks like they're working to expand the warden's collection of sports cars, or otherwise enriching some asshole with the right connections.