Again this is how US corporations will become competitive in the global labor market.
Oh, and who is it that pays for the incarceration of this cheap labor? The rest of us.
Call centre brings in prison labour at £3/day, fires regular workers – Boing Boing.
Here’s the kicker: there used to be such things as Debtors Prisons. Couldn’t pay your debts, you got locked up. (Because that won’t put you any further in debt.) They were abolished not that long ago.
They’re on their way back.
Procrastinate Now! 