Unicor pays more than 8 cents an hour
Veteran workers as supervisor make 250-300 bucks a month
Average joe prisoner maybe a buck an hour
If you have no family it beats being PM compound or CMS which pay around maybe 5 bucks a week or so
Personally I’d rather see the state and federal prisons return to supporting themselves through farming. They can also take on a lot of the state and federal grunt work like clearing brush along highways, forestry work, cutting grass, cleaning up parks etc.