Just be honest. The primary reason so many people are being locked up today is becasue it's profitable for companys to have a cheap labor source. There is ample evidence to support that supposition. There is no proof that crime is a primary motivation for imprisonment. Several states have programs like the Joint Venture program in California that permits companies to lease land at overwhelmingly cheap rates on prison grounds while employing prisoners to service computers (Dell Computer), make airline reserverations (TWA), or sew clothes (Lee Jeans). This cheap labor source has replaced sweatshops which are no longer morally acceptable. This is the reason there are absolutely no resources for former inmates to find jobs and function within society when they get out. Those people are ostracized and pretty much prohibited from moving on from their mistake. Anyone who has a loved one who is struggling to find work, only to be rejected time and time again because they mark "yes" in the box about previous convictions knows this. This is a sham and should be cause for massive revolt, but as usual, no one cares until it impacts their family. Shame.....
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