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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 307979" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>We see them around here all the time. They are not chained, are not shackled, sometimes have big tractors to mow the median and side of the roads. Mostly it is stuff that would not get done if the govt had to pay full wages. </p><p></p><p>Yes, the govt gets work for cheap. But paying the officers to supervise them, and a supervisor to check their work and train them, is very expensive. It also lets them earn some sunshine and the opportunity to be in a place with-o bars between them and the world. </p><p></p><p>They must be trusted and have earned that job. </p><p></p><p>My thoughts often go to their parents.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes the groups that adopt a mile of highway pay for these crews to come out. Not because they can't get the job done but because it offers more opportunities for the inmates. Part of getting the job in at least one facility is learning how to care for and fix the machinery. </p><p></p><p>Yard work is one of the areas where you can still get a lawnmower and put in honest labor mowing lawns with-o telling anyone you have a record. Esp if it is just you. Our sheriff helps newly released inmates by hiring them at normal wages to cut his personal lawn and by encouraging officers and their family/friends to do the same.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 307979, member: 1233"] We see them around here all the time. They are not chained, are not shackled, sometimes have big tractors to mow the median and side of the roads. Mostly it is stuff that would not get done if the govt had to pay full wages. Yes, the govt gets work for cheap. But paying the officers to supervise them, and a supervisor to check their work and train them, is very expensive. It also lets them earn some sunshine and the opportunity to be in a place with-o bars between them and the world. They must be trusted and have earned that job. My thoughts often go to their parents. Sometimes the groups that adopt a mile of highway pay for these crews to come out. Not because they can't get the job done but because it offers more opportunities for the inmates. Part of getting the job in at least one facility is learning how to care for and fix the machinery. Yard work is one of the areas where you can still get a lawnmower and put in honest labor mowing lawns with-o telling anyone you have a record. Esp if it is just you. Our sheriff helps newly released inmates by hiring them at normal wages to cut his personal lawn and by encouraging officers and their family/friends to do the same. [/QUOTE]
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