Is their fear of living surrounded by criminals any more valid than the kid who sleeps on the floor at night to avoid a stray bullet?
I'm not sure how cash payment to prisoners solves the problems of recidivism. If it did a more cost effective solution would just to pay criminals $10,000 and turn them back on the streets.
Or are you saying that the prison experience itself somehow distills in the prisoner some essential skill which combined with $10,000 dollars turns them into law abiding citizen?
I'm strongly against prisons being profit centers because it invites abuse like we've seen with private, for-profit prisons. I'm even for paying prisoners minimum wage but not all of it should drop to the bottom line. They can and should pay costs associated with their trial and incarceration and also pay into a victims compensation fund depending on the nature of their crime.
Otherwise it's just a subsidy which could be better spent elsewhere.
I'm not sure how cash payment to prisoners solves the problems of recidivism. If it did a more cost effective solution would just to pay criminals $10,000 and turn them back on the streets.
Or are you saying that the prison experience itself somehow distills in the prisoner some essential skill which combined with $10,000 dollars turns them into law abiding citizen?
I'm strongly against prisons being profit centers because it invites abuse like we've seen with private, for-profit prisons. I'm even for paying prisoners minimum wage but not all of it should drop to the bottom line. They can and should pay costs associated with their trial and incarceration and also pay into a victims compensation fund depending on the nature of their crime.
Otherwise it's just a subsidy which could be better spent elsewhere.