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Re:At $75K, housing a prisoner in California now costs more ... by mch82 on Friday March 22, 2019 @10:10AM (#19462637)
Interesting observation. Can you elaborate on the “could neve do this because of incentives” caveat?
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Re:At $75K, housing a prisoner in California now costs more ... by dalbasal on Friday March 22, 2019 @10:31AM (#19462846)
If a court ordered that a convicted criminal get money for not committing crimes, the OP suggests that this would work better and cheaper than prison. The incentive problem is that people would commit crimes in order to get this deal.
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