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NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
9. No the courts aren't bound but the results end up being the same.
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 11:44 PM
Aug 2016

It creates a self feeding loop when incarceration is moneterized. Especially when you factor in prison labor. More often then not. To qualify for "good time" you'll have to work. That incentive is too slippery for my taste.

I think this step by the Feds is a much needed step in the right direction.

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