Hundreds Of American Companies Pay Employees As Little As 23 Cents An Hour

[freedom fighter jh]

8. Yes. Companies should pay something comparable to what they would pay on the outside . . .

. . . partly to keep the playing field level and partly to defray the state's cost in keeping prisoners.

Would be nice if they could pay the prisoners, but that would create an incentive to commit crime among ppl on the outside who can't find work. If you had small children and no job and not enough to feed them, you might be awfully tempted to commit a crime just so you'd get sent to jail and be able to send money home. Come to think of it, maybe that would be a good thing -- if it gets generally known -- because it would show just how cruel the system has become.