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Topic	is it true slavery in america is legal as punishment for a crime?
Dash_Harber 04/14/18 5:29:42 AM #45:	Rika_Furude posted... Dash_Harber posted... Rika_Furude posted... Dash_Harber posted... Rika_Furude posted... Why isn't slavery of a prisoner ok? It opens the way for exploitation and insinuates that all crimes are equal. its not like they get longer sentences. and idc if a prisoner is exploited to pay back their debt to society The problem is that it incentivizes the government to imprison more people and that it punishes all criminals equally when crime and punishment is anything but. not necessarily. do you think they are currently punished the same? even if we implement forced labor, there are still these differences: 1) security level/comfort of the prison (i.e. low security, max security) 2) sentence length 3) the work itself they would be doing. i.e. a thief could do data entry, while a rapist would be doing manual labor or something at the moment, private for-profit prisons are far more incentivized to receive prisoners than the government ever would be Fair enough, but I still think it's a poor choice. Firstly, it creates some legal problems. Let's say someone is doing hard labor in a slave prison and breaks their back; who is going to pay for their care the rest of their life? Hell, even data entry has risks. I already don't agree with private-for-profit prisons, but you still didn't address the fact that the slave-labour system would encourage the government to convict more people instead of protecting their rights. All in all, though, people aren't property and I find it morally objectionable to build any sytem on the premise that they are. <cite>Dash_Harber posted [p:899632557] in is it true... [t:76509691]...</cite> <quote><cite>Rika_Furude posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Dash_Harber posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Rika_Furude posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Dash_Harber posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Rika_Furude posted...</cite> <quote>Why isn't slavery of a prisoner ok?</quote> It opens the way for exploitation and insinuates that all crimes are equal.</quote> its not like they get longer sentences. and idc if a prisoner is exploited to pay back their debt to society</quote> The problem is that it incentivizes the government to imprison more people and that it punishes all criminals equally when crime and punishment is anything but.</quote> not necessarily. do you think they are currently punished the same? even if we implement forced labor, there are still these differences: 1) security level/comfort of the prison (i.e. low security, max security) 2) sentence length 3) the work itself they would be doing. i.e. a thief could do data entry, while a rapist would be doing manual labor or something at the moment, private for-profit prisons are far more incentivized to receive prisoners than the government ever would be</quote> Fair enough, but I still think it's a poor choice. Firstly, it creates some legal problems. Let's say someone is doing hard labor in a slave prison and breaks their back; who is going to pay for their care the rest of their life? Hell, even data entry has risks. I already don't agree with private-for-profit prisons, but you still didn't address the fact that the slave-labour system would encourage the government to convict more people instead of protecting their rights. All in all, though, people aren't property and I find it morally objectionable to build any sytem on the premise that they are.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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