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‘This is my way out.’ In Maine, remote work gives prisoners a lifeline. (www.bostonglobe.com)

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

fragile white liberals can point to it and go 'See? Prison labor isn't that bad!'

I just don't see any liberal type (I'm assuming you mean progressives -- just basically the opposite of trumpets) saying American prison labour is good. But they may say that if decent and meaningful labour at union-like wages has been shown to be beneficial for decreasing recidivism, then let's trust the science and get some oversight and assessment going to confirm or refute it.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Most liberals (progressives and classical liberals alike) agree our prison system is awful and probably creates more criminals than it "fixes." And IMO, those that think it's fine aren't actually liberals (in the dictionary definition sense of liberalism).