extremely mad because my relative in American prison has let me know that from now on, instead of being charged once per book or per song and having the files added permanently to his account, he's going to ALSO be charged by the minute to read or listen to music on the tablets that are the only things they're allowed to use.
reminder that paying prisoners (vastly) less than minimum wage is legal in the US because they're defined as an exception to anti-slavery laws.
Let me guess. Is this a private prison?
(Private prisons are a thing that should not exist, but somehow do in modern America.)
Yeah. Maybe so. The prison industry in this country is a crime, which is as ironic as it is tragic.
@bruce @0xabad1dea yep, private prison facilities are still relatively rare, actually. The bigger and more immediate problem is the treatment of prisoners even in public prisons; and that includes the extremely expensive “prison services” industry.
$0.30/hr for prison labor and $0.05/minute to read is obscene, and even moreso that it further punishes people who have reading difficulties.
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