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Re:Free prison phone calls boost family ties, rehabilitation by throwaway6734 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:29AM (#36919627)
>No forced labor, no unpaid / barely paid labor. All work must be paid at least prevailing market rates

Why? Someone needs to pay the cost to imprison people and it's unfair to not make the guilty party at least partially responsible for that cost

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Re:Free prison phone calls boost family ties, rehabilitation by mcny on Saturday July 29, 2023 @09:36AM (#36920173)
We, the taxpayers, pay for it.

If we cannot afford it, we don't have any business running a prison.

On a more selfish note, I don't want (let's call it like it is) slave labor to dilute the value of my labor.

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