Judge who sold juveniles to jails gets 28 yrs

[*michaelsean*]

(09-06-2015, 12:08 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Most States do not allow prisoners to produce products for market because private businesses protested against the unfair competition.  That is what happened here in Tennessee.  Furniture makers complained that it was unfair for them to have to compete against slave labor.

However most of the large prisons have farms where they grow their own food.

I know it is not a very efficient way to create electricity, but I think every prison should have a room with hundreds of stationary bicycles hooked to generators.  Prisoners could then earn "good time" by producing electricity.  They could have it scheduled so that every bike is in use for 16 hours a day.

i agree they shouldn't be able to go to the open market, but they should be able to produce furniture, etc for the government.