Issue Position: Prison Reform

Issue Position

I will soon introduce a bill to have prisoners manufacture and sell something that is not currently made in the United States (so no American jobs are threatened) to literally help repay their debt to society. The sale of the goods will: (1) help pay for the approximate $3.1 billion the state spends on prisons every two years and millions spent by local governments; (2) help prisoners develop work habits and skills which will lessen the chance they will reoffend when released; (3) reduce our trade deficit by reclaiming products for America that have been completely outsourced; and (4) create jobs for the additional trainers, foreman and management that will be needed for the program. This program will be voluntary for the prisoners and the money made by the program will never be more than 95% of the cost of incarceration, so that it is never profitable to incarcerate someone.

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