The morale of inmates who work in certain areas such as industry improves because they gain a sense of pride in the construction of things as well as creative enjoyment.
Several large companies such as IBM, Boeing, Motorola, Microsoft, AT&T, Wireless, Macy’s, Pierre Cardin, Victoria’s Secret, and Target have all begun mounting production operations in US prisons
prison labor produces military utilities such as night-vision goggles, body armor, radio and communication devices, components for battleship anti-aircraft guns, land mine sweepers and electro-optical equipment.
Prisons destroy the environment by using large quantities of local natural resources. They require to pay for roads, sewers, and utilities that service prisoners.
Prison laborers receive no union protection, benefits or health and safety protection when made to work in electronic recycling factories where inmates are regularly exposed to lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic.
It devours the social wealth that could be used to subsidize housing for the homeless, to ameliorate public education for poor and racially marginalized communities,