Kamala Harris and Prison Labor

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kamal...ep-inmates-locked-up-for-cheap-labor?ref=home

Looks like Kamala Harris is not the progressive prosecutor she claims to be.

Why not have a program where released prisoners transition into well paid Cal Fire firefighting jobs instead?

 

So you’re saying she’s tough on crime?

 

She's the nominee. There is no doubt.

 

She was tough on poor people who commit victimless crimes.

 

Aka her job

 

She sort of blew her way to the top. /snicker

 

Her job as a prosecutor is to fairly prosecute cases. Not defend arguably unfair labor laws when it comes to inmates.

 

I don't feel that this info will affect her political aspirations (in the least}.

 

She simply defended the law as it exists. It’s not up to her to advocate a position other than the one written into law.

 

Who she blew played no role in my vote for her

 

Like who?

 

Its more like, the reason you know who she is, is because she blew a powerful guy 2X her age. =)

 

Keeping people in prison simply to have cheap labor has nothing to do with being tough on crime.

 

Good for her.

 

Oh and I thought they were in due to be convicted of crimes

 

I agree, the ("Repub") Koch brothers looking to make a few shekels out of privatizing the carceral industry... Makes 'philanthropy' look mighty slimy, imho...

https://www.thenation.com/article/b...s-new-enthusiasm-for-criminal-justice-reform/

O & yeh, housing for illegals - Bring em all in, $'s on ea. 'head' of "stock" brought over... disgusting & repugnant!

 

"Cool Hand Luke" is one of the greatest movies of all time.

It gave us, "What we have here ... is a failure ... to communicate", and "I'm shakin'' it, boss".

Bring back the chain gangs.

 

Harris also threatened to put the predominantly minority parents of truant children in jail.

She's big on breaking up families.

And also on going down on her boss thats twice her age.

 

This Country imprisons way to many people for way too long.

The prison system has become a money maker for States, Counties
And the Federal Government. Enough!

 

I'm in favor of prison labor in respect to supporting the prison system. Some prison locations are favorable to animal farming so they would farm animals to feed their fellow prisoners. Other prison locations aren't, so they would be come tailors making the uniforms for their fellow prisoners, yet others may be in farmland and would grow vegetables for their fellow inmates and so on. They could serve as participating members of our society by relieving the public some of the tax burden to take care of them.

 

How is it a money maker? The cost to incarcerate each prisoner in California for a years is $81,203. How are they making money on that?

 

So am I, but do they really support it? (they aren't employees)

San Quentin, etc used to know about supporting the prison system.

 

By selling organs?

 

No, they couldn't but at least they grew their own food and had decades to decide their graves.

Many decided for the state burial, those graves are gone now.

 

Lol...You must be talking about one of trump's trophy wives again.