i'd love to know the numbers of what % of people in prison are in there for raping or are gang members or murderers like you say..
even if they are in there for murder, you support slave labor?? what's the difference between slave labor and not paying prisoners a salary comparable to the work they perform?
imo, being in jail is the penalty for the crime committed, not paying them for jobs performed after that fact is simply insulting imvho..
I don't have the statistics. I know a lot of people in prison should not be there, but I know a lot of them definitely should. I don't want to give the impression that I hate all prisoners, or I think they all deserve to be imprisoned. I know the system is bullshit, and a lot of people get railroaded for non violent drug crimes and pay a disproportionate price. However there are a lot of very bad people in prisons, and deservedly so.
I think it is disgusting that you think a murderer that is in prison deserves the same pay as me for the same job. Yes it is the same job, but there is a major difference between us that I feel justifies the discrepancy.
Prisoner in question:
Murdered someone
Is costing the tax payers tons of money ($20,000 - $50,000 /yr depending on facility and security level).
Me:
Did not murder anyone
Not costing state anything. In fact the government is taking some of my wages in order to pay to incarcerate the aforementioned murderer.