My idea is simple: State owned big prison that has even like a factory/bakery/coffee shop (no alcohol/drugs there)/mini sports stadium fields

And prisoners are forced to work there for no pay, but once they leave prison they will get like 1000-2000 bucks profit. Use the money made from prisoners labor to finance the prison and excess money can fund schools for example

would be nice if anyone said anything, I don't care if you say that's genius or that's fucking retarded.

It's a good plan actually, making prisoners bear the costs of the criminal justice system

I think Louisiana has a prisoner maintained golf course

My state has prisoner fire departments that respond to calls in town, they also do all the manual labor at the police academies

well you can use prisoners to do menial jobs like cleaning streets

but if you will keep it in 1 complex which has like factory bakery grocery store

so almost not like prison, but still big walls and guards

We kinda have that

You can get a job in prison here, and buy stuff

It's not quite like what you're describing. The pay is like 15 cents an hour

Federal prisoners don't get paid, they have to work though

My dept's jail has a metalworking shop, tailor, small engine repair, dog shelter and obedience training, welding etc

and the things they create with their work who will get the money?

Prison? State?

my idea would be self-sustaining, that profit from criminal labor would go to funding prison and keeping it working

County

Each county elects a sheriff who is responsible for policing, court security, and the jail

Jail is before conviction, or if you are sentenced less than a year

Over a year, you go to state prison

It does offset the cost a good bit

Work crews clean the roads etc

We have our own farm as well

And convicted prisoners get a bill for the cost of investigation and court costs. They never pay it though

Big time drug trafficking, we can take your house and car

hmmm. So it's state by state in US?

County by county

Some jails even have TV

The prisons belong to State and federal

why not have TV in jail

if you pay for it

Because...it's jail

yeah

but EZ money if you allow TV for lot of money for example 2000 dollars

Family can send you money though

It disadvantages the rich and poor

And the other prisoners

There's fights etc over that shit

Fighting over food, a photo of a girl, who goes next for a payphone

Of course a lot of prisoners just wanna do their time in peace and go on with their lives, but a minority (haha) wants to make shit hard for everyone else