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  It's not like they are giving away all of their vital organs. It also doesn't decrease a person's sentence by much, like 6 months to a year was the max.
  While recidivism is a problem, and prisons should be transitioning into rehabilitation over punishment, this isn't that big of a problem. The incentive is to save a life for reduced time, something that already exists.
context: Ah yes, because no dystopian future novel has ever started with "and then the government started to harvest organs from prisoners" :/ >
  
  It’s literally Unwind by Neal Shusterman, I remember the big bads were trying to get a bill to make prisoners go through the unwind process. >
  
  The 'Gil Hamilton' stories by Larry Niven. No prisons on Earth. It's either a fine or you're broken down for parts. Earth has 20 something billion people. >
  
  Also: "A Gift from Earth", by Lary Niven - Where a colony in space is divided into former crew and the passengers, with the crew ruling over everyone, and the passengers getting their organs taken for any little infraction to grant the crew essentially eternal life. >
  
  As a haemophiliac who was lucky to be born two decades after the infamously terrible blood plasma donation scandal (here in the UK) - this sounds like a terrible idea. >
  
  Wait, what? Infamous blood plasma donation? >
  
  Love a happy ending
  “No government, healthcare or pharmaceutical entity in the UK has admitted any liability in the scandal. “ >
  
  This is your reminder that the 13th Amendment banning slavery makes an exception for prisoners.  
  If/when they send you to prison, you are a slave.  This is how they get away with 'paying' you $1 dollar for a day's labor. >
  
  Here’s your pay for assembling shelving we will use in our government buildings.  Oh you want to call your mom this week?  I’ll takkkke that right back. Thanks. >
  
  It's obscene and absolutely soul-crushing to realize that we're all potential slaves to the state. >
  
  Incorrect.
  We are slaves to the entities that control the state: the aristocracy.
  The state is the only means the masses have against the aristocracy. However, when the aristocracy controls food, media, housing, and education, they have little issue turning the masses against the state as a fall guy.
  The state is a tool. The masses have abdicated any responsibility for maintaining the state and checked out; Leaving the aristocracy further in control of the only tool that can control them.
  Hating the government is a narrative fed to the poor by the rich. >
  
  sounds like something someone poor would say >
  
  You can look at my post history for my car if you want to play that game. 🤣 >
  
  wow you are proud of owning a car? another thing a poor person would say lmao >
  
  You know a lot of poor people with $170k cars? >
  
  I know one. >
  
  Lmao based >
  
  The true goal has arrived.  The merging of the criminal justice system and the private healthcare market.  These laws will pop up and jails will become the plasma donation centers of body organs. >
  
  *slow clap in economics* >
  
  Nobody questioned how Steve got his 100 years sentence reduced to just 5 after donating 10 kidneys, four lungs and 20 corneas. >
  
  Nothing says they have to be your organs.  Serial Killer Steve walks out of court for 'Time served or organs donated' >
  
  This just shows that our punishment system has nothing to do with keeping the public safe, or Justice for that matter. >
  
  I get where the fear comes from, but how is organ donation, and incentivization to donate, not a good thing for public safety? >
  
  Why haven't you given your organs up for public safety, citizen? Please report to the nearest detention center. >
  
  Why do you think that's the natural conclusion of this? There have been and will continue to be prison initiatives that lower sentences for doing good deeds. What you are describing is an unrealistic scenario, the government doesn't really have any incentive to do that. In any case, most organ donations occur after the donor has died, so why are you more scared about prison giving an option, in which the outcome will only probably affect you after death? >
  
  It was a joke, but even in the context of prisoners being offered the chance to give up their organs, this is still pretty awful. This is creates all the worst incentives, especially when paired up with America's high recidivism and private prisons.