Lawrence Bartley says ’52 cents an hour’ is not enough for inmates | ABCNL



ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Lawrence Bartley about his new series “Inside Story” created by VICE News and the Marshall Project, which looks at broader issues inside America’s prisons. ABC News Live Prime, Monday through Friday at 7EST and 9EST WATCH ABC News live here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Ma8oQLmSM SUBSCRIBE to ABC NEWS: https://bit. ly/2vZb6yP See more at http://abcnews.go.com/ LIKE ABC News on FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/abcnews FOLLOW ABC News on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/abc #lawrencebartley #inidestory #america #prisons

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20 comments

  1. All comments reflect brainwashing of america. Revenge is not productive. They will get out and you want them to be skilled and reformed. Criminals are not subhuman. Even murderers. Consequences do not mean you are inhuman.

  2. Idiots u in prison for a reason lol

  3. Criminals should be paid with human excrement, not with money!

  4. It's plenty…You get out of prison and get to feel normal 8 hrs a day….ILL TAKE THE 52 CENTS AND TIME WILL MOVE FASTER

  5. Make them a dog collar Army. Have a needle that shoots a lethal shock of fluid that ends their life to the side of their neck that injects if they misbehave. All those who shoot people FRONTLINE. All those who Rape HAND TO HAND COMBAT. All those who steal BOMB CHECK & SPIES IN DANGEROUS TERRITORY. Fat obese white men who are child molesters who have sat their entire life behind desks in 3x 4x ill fitting suits with D- to F average who own big properties with 7-10-30 cars, 2 big boats, who abuse their 5-7-9 wives and children can hold bombs in their hands as bait since they love to be noticed as the Fear & Glitz as gentry Aristocracy of the USA. Upper Crust Army- deadly arent they?
    -Ambassador Edwards United Nations 7th grade report & speech on what I would do, change if I ruled the entire world

  6. Career criminals set reasonable & attainable goals; unfortunately, those goals are illegal.

  7. They're lucky to get paid anything at all after costing taxpayers so much. They should work for free IMO.

  8. They should be charged 52 cents a hour to work

  9. That's great!! Bless him and all he's accomplished

  10. It's not a job, it's prison. Not really feeling too much sympathy here, people on the outside are homeless and dying, let's fix that first.

  11. Funny….What about the free people that didnt kill, rape or commit fraud to any US law? Can we concentrate on us first? just saying 98% maybe 99.5% deserved what they did to get there….And you wanna talk about "its so sad that people in prison dont get paid enough to live"? bro they have free food!!!! regardless of the taste and how you feel,,,,,,,, its free food!!!! Im a free man and followed the rules and dont even get a free meal!!!

  12. If someone is incarcerated and they are working they should be payed on a sliding scale based on what their committed crime is and their sentence length up to federal minimum wage. People who are given life sentences should be able to gain merit based upon their behavior and constant community service, payed nothing, but earn time off their sentence based on how much good they do for society. Those individuals should also be closely monitored for no less than 5 years and provided steady employment and further rehabilitation services outside.

  13. Another bullshit democrat nonsense. Is prision idiots.

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  15. 52 Cents! it was only .11 in the BOP. it was tax free tho.

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  18. Well Joes inflation economy is impacting convicts. Give them a raise 53c

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