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We think they should be paid fairly. A dollar per hour because they don't really get that kind of payment. Usually payment would be in cents.

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BR#6 We think that we should use prison labor but they should get better wage so that they have a chance when outside of prison.

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BR#6 We think that we should use prison labor but they should get better wage so that they have a chance when outside of prison.

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We think that the prisoners should have an option to prison labor to save money for when they get released.

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Yes prison labor should be used and we think that they should get paid at least min wage because they should have a starting point for when they get out

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We think that prison labor should be used and they should receive minimum wage so they have an incentive to work and better themselves

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We believe prison labor should be applied in prisons, but should be paid a bit lower than minimum wage and working to pay off their time in prison.

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BR#3 we think we should use prison labor but not push them too hard where they could get hurt. 

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BR#3 we think we should use prison labor but not push them too hard where they could get hurt. 

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We think that the prison population growth is unreasonable because the incarceration levels are too high compared to the overall population.

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We do not think that the prison population is reasonable because some are being incarcerated for the wrong reasons and that the state population shouldn't have a great effect on it.

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No it is not growing at a reasonable rate. There is a large amount of people getting falsely accused and it is a significant amount of people even though it is only .7 % of the population

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We think that laws are intentionally racialized because it targets people of color and other minorities. The laws are set up in a way to incarcerate this specific group so they can meet a quota or a certain narrative.

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Yes this seems like a reasonable rate of increase, because that means between 1970 and 2010, the incarceration rate has increased sevenfold, considering the increase of population as well between that time of diverse migration.

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I don't think it is reasonable because from the doc and the articles we read, they talked about how they usually target people

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At the start they were but has changed over time, it was also made to look like it wasn't their intent.

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We think this is not reasonable because for it to change this much in a short amount of time where the population increases by 100 million does not make sense.

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Yes we think that some of the laws are intentionally racialized. For example, crack gets a harsher punishment although it is basically the same thing as powder cocaine.

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Yes, it prevents us from fixing the system because the private organizations are only concerned about their own personal gain as opposed to the well being and reform of these prisoners. They are too focused on the money and not on prison reform to help bring crime rates down.

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We think that it does prevent us to fix the problem and people should not be gaining a profit out of it.

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Yes, like War on Drugs where they targeted specific people who use them.

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We think that back then many of the laws were intentionally racialized, and they still are, just not as much, the laws have changed but the ways they are used, are used to target POC.

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We think yes because the system was built to benefit white men, and the laws now aren't that different from the ones they created when they were intentionally racialized.

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Yes it prevents us from fixing the system because people continue to be greedy and not seek for reformation because they continue to profit from detention.

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No, nobody's life should be taken, there are many other options to take even if somebody is a hazard, to keep them from hurting anybody else. Instead, we should focus on finding out the root cause of somebody committing crimes and try to treat that. For example, mental illnesses, trauma, and different backgrounds can all lead to people going down bad paths. Rather than killing them, we should focus on treating that so they could have a second chance at life even if it is inside the prison system. The only reason the death penalty should be used is if the person themself wishes to die (in that case, the death penalty would be mercy and be justified).

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No, it is not just because the death penalty gives the prisoners no chance to reform and better themselves. It cuts their life short and does not allow them to make internal change.

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yes , some laws are more targeted against poc

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Yes, they should be able to vote. They are still citizens of the united states. If we restrict their right to vote, it's no better than what we did in the past when different groups of people weren't allowed to vote.

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We do not think that the death penalty is just.

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We think that felons should be able to vote, the only limit is that they should be a US citizen.

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We believe Felons should have the right to vote considering Prop 17, which seems reasonable allowing people on parole for felony convictions to vote. Sadly the measure kept imprisonment as a disqualification for voting but removed parole.

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we think its not someone should do their time for the crimes they committed but someone should die or old age or natural causes

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Yes, they should be able to vote but must be US citizens. Voting rights should be withheld from incarcerated citizens.

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we think felons should be able to vote because their still a citizen of this country and some new laws may apply to them

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We think that the death penalty is unjust. The government should not have the ability to play 'god' and choose who gets to live and die, no one should be able to choose that for anyone else, thats why with civilians it is called murder and it is against the law. An eye for an eye(murder for murder) makes the whole world blind. It should not be allowed at all

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We think that it does prevent us from fixing the system because some companies use imprisonment as a way to make money, they should not make money from this as they could take in people who were not even guilty and have them do forced labor.

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yes it helps from fixing the system because the government is worried about jail facilities and money going to that instead of fixing then system

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Yes people's financial incentive to maintain large prison populations prevent us from fixing the system. People should not be profiting from detention because they are more likely to put more people in these centers in order to make more profit instead of whether or not they actually committed a crime

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We feel like there's more support for politicians and government people to say “Send people there”, toward the benefit of the highly monetized prison system, if prisons are sort of kept in the dark. We feel like detention should be non-profit, and only produce revenue for maintaining the system

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We think they should be able to vote as they are US citizens and they should have their rights.

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No because some people may be wrongfully accused and does not give that person a chance to change or think about what they have done.

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Yes they should be able to vote because they are still humans and deserve their rights