Prison labor costs apple growers three times what they paid experienced pickers, about $22 an hour for each inmate. That includes on-site security, travel and camps for the week. But if a cold spell freezes the still-ripening apples, the crop is worth nothing. Weve got about 1000 bins able to get out, so about $300,000 worth of crop, says McDougall. The inmates are making minimum wage picking apples here, $8.67 an hour. Out of that they must pay victims compensation, the cost of incarceration, legal and financial obligations and child support. But its still more than theyd make working in prison. Hill estimates hes making about $2 an hour after all expenses are subtracted.” komonews/news/local/133205973.html
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 04:27:24 +0000
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