Doug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoI worked in federal prison sweatshops for 23 cents an hourtheintercept.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkI worked in federal prison sweatshops for 23 cents an hourtheintercept.comDoug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTb0n3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI’m fairly certain they don’t actually make a profit on prison labor, and it’s just something to do to keep busy or build up good boy points with the administration.
minus-squareDoug Holland@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoUS prison workers produce $11bn worth of goods and services a year for pittance
I’m fairly certain they don’t actually make a profit on prison labor, and it’s just something to do to keep busy or build up good boy points with the administration.
US prison workers produce $11bn worth of goods and services a year for pittance