Controversy: Inmates Working While Incarcerated

Should inmates work while they're in prison?  Some critics of work programs see them as modern slave factories, where an inmate earns, perhaps, $0.81/hr.  In California, one program that teamed with trades unions taught the inmates a skill, and helped them get employed upon release.  But the State has run out of money, so the program is being discontinued.  The recidivism rate for inmates who succeed in the program is astonishing low;  perhaps critics should re-think their position and urge the states to offer them everywhere.                                    

http://www.corrections.com/news/article/31972-california-prison-industry-authority-report-to-the-prison-insustry-board