“Instead of having people in prison just sitting there and taking up space and money, we could put them to work learning trades. Those with death penalty type crimes would be confined to the jail but would have jobs outsourcing products to increase our nations wealth. Lesser crimes would be punished accordingly, allowing those with only a small amount of time in jail to learn a useful trade so that when they are released they do not automatically resort to crimes again. Pay the jail minimum wage for the prisoners work, and the jail would be able to give the prisoners $1-$3 an hour so that when the prisoner got out they would have a little bit of money instead of being dirt poor. This idea makes the prisoners work for their upkeep, gives them useful skills, and takes a great strain off of taxpayers.”