2011-06-12, 02:24 AM
Erebus Wrote:Didn't the Simpsons do something like this...
That was my first thought too... and then:
[video=youtube;f1cGiEw5yLo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1cGiEw5yLo[/video]
The idea isn't bad but if this is true I can't see how it would be viable:
' Wrote:It sounds nice, but the argument is disingenuous at best. Prisoners are in prison 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. At $40k that works out to $4.56 an hour. Students are in school for 8 hours a day 180 days a year which at $7000 works out to $4.86 an hour. They're already spending more on students than prisoners. Things like a roof over their head are things a prisoner requires because they never leave. Schools aren't putting a roof over anyone's head. Additionally, at least in theory, you're only at school long enough to need lunch (though many eat breakfast there as well). In prison a lunch-only approach is not an option. Bottom line, the prison has to do many things the school does not, and at least in Michigan it does so with less money.