06-30-2023, 11:26 PM
(06-30-2023, 08:31 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Have you ever looked at how much it costs to keep an inmate incarcerated? In 2015 it was $26,509 per inmate in Ohio. Debtor's prisons make little economic sense as the public is still footing the bill, but hey "the jobs" it would create..
http://https://www.vera.org/publications/price-of-prisons-2015-state-spending-trends/price-of-prisons-2015-state-spending-trends/price-of-prisons-2015-state-spending-trends-prison-spending
Free labor is free labor. Plus the threat of "incarceration" illustrates the reality of student loans: it's the only form of debt that you can not escape via bankruptcy. You don't pay, you get put in a cage for a decision you made when you were barely an adult. Give them the chance to volunteer for the cage.
