Should prisoners get paid minimum wage for jobs done in prison?

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Kasz216 said:

theprof00 said:
A smart private jail will one day make the prison system profitable

It already is for private jails.... well for the private prisons.

 

As I recall there was a big scandal about a judge who got a kickback for every kid he sent to a juvenile private prison.  They busted him and it turned out he sent hundreds of kids to jail that should of just gotten probation.

 

EDIT: http://www.forbes.com/sites/walterpavlo/2011/08/12/pennsylvania-judge-gets-life-sentence-for-prison-kickback-scheme/

Capitalism: A Love Story was bullshit, but that part really got to me.