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Ask HN: Why companies do not hire prisoners to work remotely?

2 pointsby brriznaover 2 years ago
What do you think if govs teach prisoners programming so then they can be hired as a remote employee?

2 comments

fasthands9over 2 years ago
- Inmates typically have a high turnover of getting out or being moved. The training cost are probably not worth it if they get out of jai in 9 months. If they are in for years it probably means they have done something horrific.<p>-Lots of advocates have called work programs for inmates (such as firefighters or making license plates or whatever) modern slavery. I can&#x27;t imagine this is press any company would want in exchange for customer service reps that would probably still be more expensive than outsourcing to India.<p>- Id also imagine for anything more complex it would be difficult as inmates are typically not given unfettered internet access.
anigbrowlover 2 years ago
This already happens. Not many companies are likely to give prisoners direct access to their computer networks though.