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Re:Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in pri... by charcircuit on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @12:42AM (#44884704)
It's in the tax payers interest that prisoners make as much money as possible, while not threatening the rest of society. My point of bringing up minimum wage is that it is a reference point for the value of human labor that prisoners are competiting against others with.
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Re:Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in pri... by throawaywpg on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @09:43AM (#44888356)
It's a nice idea. Unfortunately literally nothing about the modern prison system works in the taxpayers interest.
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