04-18-2018, 04:56 PM
(04-18-2018, 04:44 PM)michaelsean Wrote: I wasn't aware of that, but personally I consider it punitive. That's why when I really thought about it, it seemed when your imprisonment/parole was over, then you should be able to vote.
It's seen as punitive by just about everyone but the judiciary, so you're definitely not along in the way you view it.
(04-18-2018, 04:46 PM)michaelsean Wrote: In what way do you mean? Like I said, if they do work that benefits the prison or the state I have no problem. And I understand people who sell food, bedding whatever to the prison will make a profit so that's an exception although necessary.
Well, the privately owned prisons are one thing, but the exploitation piece I was referencing was just the fact that it is involuntary servitude with little to no wages that the state would otherwise have to pay market wages for.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
