Comments on: Company Hires Prison Inmates to Build Solar Modules http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/09/company-hires-prison-inmates-to-build-solar-modules/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dan @ Survive Prison http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/09/company-hires-prison-inmates-to-build-solar-modules/#comment-21274 Dan @ Survive Prison Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:25:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1660#comment-21274 Pretty scary stuff... Pretty scary stuff…

]]> By: Dan @ Survive Prison http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/09/company-hires-prison-inmates-to-build-solar-modules/#comment-3506 Dan @ Survive Prison Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:25:11 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1660#comment-3506 Pretty scary stuff... Pretty scary stuff…

]]> By: Gerald Gallagher http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/09/company-hires-prison-inmates-to-build-solar-modules/#comment-3505 Gerald Gallagher Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:33:34 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1660#comment-3505 van jones redux! Some of the president's greatest supporters have a federal address.Taking jobs from skilled,paid workers? Why not,it's the new slavery. thank GOD this didn't happen "down South".The race pimp twins (jesse and al) havn't rushed to the scene of this obvious "black" exploitation-why not? A little history-Mass. ended slavery when factories replaced workers with slaves(at a greatly reduced cost).The displaced workers then told the owners they would be killed if this persisted.That was the end of slave employment in Mass.. Oh,the owners sold the slaves to the Southern States(@ a profit!) and then condemned slavery! Are today's yankees as smart as their ancestors? We'll see. van jones redux! Some of the president’s greatest supporters have a federal address.Taking jobs from skilled,paid workers? Why not,it’s the new slavery. thank GOD this didn’t happen “down South”.The race pimp twins (jesse and al) havn’t rushed to the scene of this obvious “black” exploitation-why not? A little history-Mass. ended slavery when factories replaced workers with slaves(at a greatly reduced cost).The displaced workers then told the owners they would be killed if this persisted.That was the end of slave employment in Mass.. Oh,the owners sold the slaves to the Southern States(@ a profit!) and then condemned slavery! Are today’s yankees as smart as their ancestors? We’ll see.

]]> By: George http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/09/company-hires-prison-inmates-to-build-solar-modules/#comment-3504 George Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:31:47 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1660#comment-3504 Didn't they get rid of 80 employees so they could hire inmates? Didn't that Van Jones @hole have something to do with that? Didn’t they get rid of 80 employees so they could hire inmates? Didn’t that Van Jones @hole have something to do with that?

]]> By: George http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/09/company-hires-prison-inmates-to-build-solar-modules/#comment-21273 George Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:31:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1660#comment-21273 Didn't they get rid of 80 employees so they could hire inmates? Didn't that Van Jones @hole have something to do with that? Didn’t they get rid of 80 employees so they could hire inmates? Didn’t that Van Jones @hole have something to do with that?

]]> By: chrisS http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/09/company-hires-prison-inmates-to-build-solar-modules/#comment-3503 chrisS Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:27:45 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1660#comment-3503 I agree that it is BS, but not because prisoners can't or shouldn't work, but because it's exploitative. Why are prisoners "reliable"? Because they can't unionize, are compelled to work, and must work for below minimum wage. PS to the previous commenter: Wake up! There are 10x as many people in prison than there were 30 years ago, and the crime rate has stayed relatively constant. Prisons are a way of coping with the fact that there aren't enough jobs to go around. Imagine what the unemployment rate would be if the 2 million prisoners were counted. And if they weren't incarcerated, there would be even more discontent about the state of the economy. I agree that it is BS, but not because prisoners can’t or shouldn’t work, but because it’s exploitative. Why are prisoners “reliable”? Because they can’t unionize, are compelled to work, and must work for below minimum wage.

PS to the previous commenter: Wake up! There are 10x as many people in prison than there were 30 years ago, and the crime rate has stayed relatively constant. Prisons are a way of coping with the fact that there aren’t enough jobs to go around. Imagine what the unemployment rate would be if the 2 million prisoners were counted. And if they weren’t incarcerated, there would be even more discontent about the state of the economy.

]]> By: chrisS http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/09/company-hires-prison-inmates-to-build-solar-modules/#comment-21272 chrisS Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:27:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1660#comment-21272 I agree that it is BS, but not because prisoners can't or shouldn't work, but because it's exploitative. Why are prisoners "reliable"? Because they can't unionize, are compelled to work, and must work for below minimum wage. PS to the previous commenter: Wake up! There are 10x as many people in prison than there were 30 years ago, and the crime rate has stayed relatively constant. Prisons are a way of coping with the fact that there aren't enough jobs to go around. Imagine what the unemployment rate would be if the 2 million prisoners were counted. And if they weren't incarcerated, there would be even more discontent about the state of the economy. I agree that it is BS, but not because prisoners can’t or shouldn’t work, but because it’s exploitative. Why are prisoners “reliable”? Because they can’t unionize, are compelled to work, and must work for below minimum wage.

PS to the previous commenter: Wake up! There are 10x as many people in prison than there were 30 years ago, and the crime rate has stayed relatively constant. Prisons are a way of coping with the fact that there aren’t enough jobs to go around. Imagine what the unemployment rate would be if the 2 million prisoners were counted. And if they weren’t incarcerated, there would be even more discontent about the state of the economy.

]]> By: chrisp http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/09/company-hires-prison-inmates-to-build-solar-modules/#comment-3502 chrisp Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:47:51 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1660#comment-3502 This is BS! Why give green manufacturing jobs to inmates. Give them to hardworking Americans out of work. You might as well outsource them if you are going for cheap labor. At least then the workers won't steal the panels or use the glass to slash the guards throat. This reminds me of the Shawshank Redemption. Money in the pie! Reliable Labor – Hello… they are inmates, how do you consider that reliable? Where can I send my letter of disapproval? This is BS! Why give green manufacturing jobs to inmates. Give them to hardworking Americans out of work. You might as well outsource them if you are going for cheap labor. At least then the workers won’t steal the panels or use the glass to slash the guards throat.

This reminds me of the Shawshank Redemption. Money in the pie!

Reliable Labor – Hello… they are inmates, how do you consider that reliable?

Where can I send my letter of disapproval?

]]> By: chrisp http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/09/company-hires-prison-inmates-to-build-solar-modules/#comment-21271 chrisp Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:47:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1660#comment-21271 This is BS! Why give green manufacturing jobs to inmates. Give them to hardworking Americans out of work. You might as well outsource them if you are going for cheap labor. At least then the workers won't steal the panels or use the glass to slash the guards throat. This reminds me of the Shawshank Redemption. Money in the pie! Reliable Labor – Hello… they are inmates, how do you consider that reliable? Where can I send my letter of disapproval? This is BS! Why give green manufacturing jobs to inmates. Give them to hardworking Americans out of work. You might as well outsource them if you are going for cheap labor. At least then the workers won’t steal the panels or use the glass to slash the guards throat.

This reminds me of the Shawshank Redemption. Money in the pie!

Reliable Labor – Hello… they are inmates, how do you consider that reliable?

Where can I send my letter of disapproval?

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