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Your post was very interesting and I do see your point of view in regards to making inmates work if they are not willing to do. It can cause them to be resentful and possibly take out their aggressions on fellow inmates or staff making the situation as a whole worse. However, I still feel that if they are able and willing to work then they should do so. As Thomas Townsend, former president of the Corrections Industry Association comments, “inmates who worked in prison and gained new skills have a better chance of not returning to crime and prison” (du Pont, 1995).

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