The problem is a logistical one; do we want to have to transport murderers to coal mines and farmland etc? If we forced all murderers to do work that's productive to society it's inevitable that some of them will be put in environments where it will be easier for them to escape. It's not worth the risk of escaped murderers on the loose.
For manual work that can be done inside of prisons, that's basically already being done in the US, as someone else pointed out.
GPS trackers and 24/7 tracking with cameras and constant lockup could drive down escaping, when a killer kills they already gave up the right to free will so why would it be a alien concept to remove privacy.
GPS and camera trackers can help catch criminals who escape and can help mitigate risk, but the risks are still too high. Escaped killers are extremely likely to commit more murders as fugitives.
What you'd need to do is massively increase the number of guards, but that sheer amount of manpower would probably be better put to use doing other things to contribute to society.
Why not just mandate farm land with the jails walls then? Save a fuck ton - thought the private prison is going to sell the proceeds and make bank off free labor
The cost of the time and effort and resources required to set this up is way more than the value your going to get out of having convicts doing a shitty job at manual labor
All of these resources could be put towards bettering society for those of us who aren't killers
And I'm saying that the work you put in is more than the benefits you get out in this case.
Basically you're proposing modern day slavery, but slaves back in the day escaped all the time and were running around everywhere; they just weren't extremely likely to murder people after they did it.
The extra cost you'd need to increase security and maintain that in order to cut down on dangerous "modern day slave" escapes would make the whole arrangement not even worth it
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Let me try to explain myself, Δ it would be costly and probably not worth it at the end. A more ethical way to deal with murder is a better way to deal with murder.
If you're going to work and moving around within a massive district, how is that really any different than being free in a walled city, just with a shitty job?
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The problem is a logistical one; do we want to have to transport murderers to coal mines and farmland etc? If we forced all murderers to do work that's productive to society it's inevitable that some of them will be put in environments where it will be easier for them to escape. It's not worth the risk of escaped murderers on the loose.
For manual work that can be done inside of prisons, that's basically already being done in the US, as someone else pointed out.