Sadly enough it is true. I was told in some colder areas homeless people would commit a crime they know would amount to a few months prison sentence in the fall just to have a reliable shelter and food for the winter.
Or there was a story of a man who robbed a bank then waited for the police to come so he could get some cancer treatment while in prison.
When these things happen there is something very very wrong in a society
How about them? Is it not a fundamentally flawed system when workers at the bottom of the scale wonder if they wouldn't be better off in prison? How do they feel about having to compete with forced labour?
What entitles consumers to pay sub-living wages in order to benefit from a product? This reminds me of people feeling entitled to pay shit prices for some services because "it's just a student job".
"Also, many people go to prison without any job experience, providing them with some increase their chances of reintegration to society."
yeah, by forming them to a job that can apparently no longer sustain a free farmer.