Inmates are paid 14 an hour, then deducted 25% for room/board by the prison and 5% for a “victim’s fund”, making the pay before tax $9.80. This isn’t mentioned by the article.
8 hour night shift with a 4 hour drive making it a 12 hour worknight. This means they are really paid 82 cents an hour.
Can you break down this math for me? I'm not getting the cut from $9.80/hour all the way down to $0.82/hour.
Can you break down this math for me? I'm not getting the cut from $9.80/hour all the way down to $0.82/hour.
$9.80/12, I'm not sure if they intended to write $9.80 per day. The effective rate is like $6.53 per hour if they did intend to write $9.80 per hour
Fucked up the math oops