WHY SHOULD THE TAXPAYERS PAY FOR PRISONS, SHOULDN'T THEY BE PAYING US?

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WHY SHOULD THE TAXPAYERS PAY FOR PRISONS, SHOULDN'T THEY BE PAYING US?

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crime : WHY SHOULD THE TAXPAYERS PAY FOR PRISONS, SHOULDN'T THEY BE PAYING US?

[+] ballot by LCD
ACTIVE Tue Apr 15, 08 - Wed Apr 15, 09
criminals owe the society a debt.

so why should the society pay for housing, food, healthcare and (god forbid) cable TV for these people?

I work hard. I work over 12 hours a day. and I don't have cable TV - heck I don't even own a regular TV!

What is wrong with making these people in prison work for their food, housing etc.

shouldn't they be working at least as hard as the hardest working people in society(let's say someone with 2 jobs, working 16 hours a day, 7 days a week), in order to pay restitution and pay for their upkeep?

if we did that, I don't think there would be as many people so willing to go to prison.

yes, prisoners should pay us
no, society should continue to pay

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Voted : yes, prisoners should pay us
Of course if they do this the issue of having things they want will come up and be allowed to a point.

by fivenotes on Tue Apr 15, 08 10:44am [+]

Voted : yes, prisoners should pay us
I thought they did on some level? Maybe it was a proposal I read about. But yes, it seems like they should be paying for their own incarceration...why should the tax payer have to pay for their crimes?

by patch22us on Tue Apr 15, 08 10:58am [+]

Voted : yes, prisoners should pay us
My question is, how do you "make" them work? The only ways I can think of to make someone do something are through fear or incentives. I can think of no ethical way to use fear and incentives puts us in the same cost quagmire we just crawled out of.

The only simple solution I can think of involving incentives would be making them work for prison credits, which they use to buy luxury items. They would have to be grossly overpriced such that the money generated/saved through prison labor would still outweigh the goods' prices so the restitution aspect could still be fulfilled.

Really though, I agree that it's ridiculous that we essentially are paying for the opportunity to babysit criminals.

by ThisIsNate on Tue Apr 15, 08 11:01am [+]

^ good point.

I would rather think that suspension of privileges rather than credits. if they don't work, they get less food, no tv, no visits, etc.

if they still don't work, they get to replace a soldier in afganistan.

by LCD on Tue Apr 15, 08 11:14am [+]

Voted : yes, prisoners should pay us
absolutely.

by Kev24 on Tue Apr 15, 08 2:01pm [+]

Voted : yes, prisoners should pay us
As long as the work they are doing will not deprive any non prisoners of work..

by thesoothsayer on Tue Apr 15, 08 2:08pm [+]

Voted : yes, prisoners should pay us
Why do baby rapers and murderers get free medical care and we don't?

by Stinky_Fartz on Tue Apr 15, 08 3:07pm [+]

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