Posted by
Mike on Monday, April 07, 2008 1:33:17 PM
All prisoners, except for those with life sentences (no parole), would be expected to work during their time in prison. Some of the jobs would be offered from local, state or federal organizations, while others would come from private companies.
The incentive for providing these job opportunities is that the employers would not have to provide any pay for the work. All they would have to do is provide training, tools, equipment and necessary raw materials to do the work. There are likely many types of work that criminals could perform while in prison and many companies and organizations that could benefit from the products or services that they would produce.
The incentive for the prisoners to do the work is that this would be the main factor for granting parole. Prisoners eligible for parole will need to have been actively working the whole time they have served (less sick time, holidays or other time off) or they will not be approved. The other advantage is that they will now have experience in something that will highly increase their chances of finding a job when they leave the prison. Even the companies that employed them in prison will want to check out these “interns” as potential regular employees when their prison time is up.
It becomes a great rehabilitation program for the criminal and becomes a source of workers for companies.