[eyedigress]

Tennessee used inmates all over the state in the 1800’s for mining and agriculture.

Your choice. Rot in a 6X8 or work outside.

[cripplecreek]

I don’t see a problem with inmate labor. I would prefer it not be for private industry but it does help pay for prisons. When I was a kid we lived in a house surrounded by Southern Michigan Prison owned farmland. Back in those days, the prison fed itself and even sold some of what they grew.

[wally_bert]

I’d try my hand at outside.