A forum for prison labor economic information sharing and debate.
US prison labor is failing. Its supposed benefits are mostly illusory while its overlooked costs are all too real.
Seeing more unsupported children of US inmates than inmates changes one’s entire perspective on prisons and prison labor.
Every jail and prison inmate should have a full-time job in the normal economy at his/her most profitable legal endeavor. Maybe two jobs. ~ Tom Petersik
• Want to reduce US mass incarceration?
• Reduce poverty and inequality?
• Accelerate US economic growth?
• Reduce welfare dependency? Then -
This website is for you. Read on!
1. Go to Introduction
2. Go to Petersiks’ 4 Key Principles
3. Then to 7 Basic Policy and Corrections Actions
Welcome to PrisonLaborReform.com
PrisonLaborReform.com is primarily focused on the economics of US prison labor and its consequences for US economic prosperity or harm.
PLR explores with you the economics of prison labor, offering both hope and practical policy tools to anyone seeking reducing mass incarceration or building greater economic prosperity.
PLR, propelling America’s incarcerated adults into successful legal employment and financial responsibility, is the single most powerful, cost-effective (profitable and revenue creating), and widely rewarding economic growth - and poverty and inequality reduction - policy available to the United States today, and when understood, widely acceptable to both the left and the right, to business and labor, to human rights advocates, to policy makers, and to the general public.