News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Cities Experiment with Remedy for Poverty: Cash, No Strings Attached. Parent comment

Re:Cities Experiment with Remedy for Poverty: Cash, No Strin... by phone8675309 on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @06:02PM (#24633560)
The for-profit prison industry, who use incarcerated people as labor for pennies an hour, has enough political sway in this country that I have reluctantly accepted that these reforms are essentially never going to happen in my lifetime.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Cities Experiment with Remedy for Poverty: Cash, No Strin... by asdff on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @08:50PM (#24634758)
In places like Alabama prisoners aren't always paid. Slavery still exists as a punishment in this country.
[ Parent | on HN ]