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  I’m cool with a lot of it. I just don’t think felons are the people who do well as these hard working careers. I do think these people should have jobs. They should get skills in prison. I just don’t get why minimum wage normal jobs are fine. Like the prisoner solution to your problem just seems insane. I’m pretty easy on crime and think prison is about taking your freedom and shouldn’t be much else outside of rehabilitation. I just don’t get how you made it about first responders and teachers. Again it’s not easy to even join the military after having been prescribed adderrall. Hell you can be convicted for a dui and still keep your job as a cop. I just don’t see any community saying they should integrate felons for these jobs. Sadly these communities need to adjust the money in and out so they can attract workers. If they can’t these communities naturally will fall apart.
context: This is a terrible proposal.  This creates perverse incentives that can cause harm to inmates who feel that there is no way out other than to donate organs.  We shouldn't create incentives like this that make people have to weigh donating organs vs being treated with dignity.  This is completely unethical.  I'm more in favor of community service, rehabilitation/therapy courses, or heck even working in a high demand sector in exchange for reduced sentence such as paramedic, fire fighter, rural doctor, educator in low income areas ect. I think giving people options to become productive members of the community is a far better way reducing the number of people incarcerated than organ donation. >
  
  Like we want people in prison working these in demand jobs. I’d kill for a job like that. Sadly I got a dui like 8 years ago and can maybe bsa teacher. Prisoners should get all these services and I get nothing? I get it’s complicated. I do think before we incentivize organ donations let me sell my shit. Also make only citizens can sell them. It would save the health care industry a tremendous amount of money. >
  
  The jobs I suggested are in demand but there aren't enough people to fulfill them.  Rural Doctors, Fire Fighters, Paramedics, and educators in poor communities are hard to find because working in these careers is very stressful even if it is rewarding.  If we didn't have a shortage of people then they wouldn't be on this list.  Extending lifelines to people to help them rejoin their communities is the best way to prevent recidivism.  It also boost the economy.  Think of this as a combination rehabilitation, parole, and community service.  We already provide education services to prisoners.  I'm just saying give them an option to train for high demand, Low Applicant, community oriented careers in exchange for a shorter sentence. I think this would help enrich the lives of convicts but also help them reintegrate into their communities which should be the ultimate goal of any type of criminal justice system. Separate them from society and then rehabilitate them so they can be reintroduced and be productive members.  This isn't always possible but that is why we have life sentences without parole.
  This zero sum mindset is what prevents us from having a better society.  I'm sorry your DUI prevents you from getting the opportunities you want.  You deserve an opportunity for rehabilitation and redemption like these prison inmates.  That doesn't mean that we shouldn't have this service because you would benefit from it too if our criminal justice system was rehabilitation oriented rather than punishment oriented.  You were punished but given no opportunity to correct your mistake.  Social services such as free/low-cost healthcare, education, Child care,  and housing benefit everyone by allowing people to live their best lives and become productive members of society.  This allows them to start families, generate wealth and contribute to the economy which then we all benefit from.