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Most prison systems require prisoners to work (van Zyl Smit/Dünkel 1999). This is an extra burden that is not an inescapable part of imprisonment and therefore must be considered an additional punishment. Its existence goes back to the pre-constitutional days in which prisoners were seen as "slaves of the state" who were deprived of the status of normal citizens. Later, this feature was legitimized as part of the punishment, today it is more often seen as part of the prisoner's path to re-integration. Prison work is supposed to prepare prisoners for the outside labour market (just in case they happen to find work), to help them structure their everyday life (as if they were industrial workers), and to help them compensate the crime victims for their loss (made all but impossible, at the same time, by the extremely low wages for prison work). | Most prison systems require prisoners to work (van Zyl Smit/Dünkel 1999). This is an extra burden that is not an inescapable part of imprisonment and therefore must be considered an additional punishment. Its existence goes back to the pre-constitutional days in which prisoners were seen as "slaves of the state" who were deprived of the status of normal citizens. Later, this feature was legitimized as part of the punishment, today it is more often seen as part of the prisoner's path to re-integration. Prison work is supposed to prepare prisoners for the outside labour market (just in case they happen to find work), to help them structure their everyday life (as if they were industrial workers), and to help them compensate the crime victims for their loss (made all but impossible, at the same time, by the extremely low wages for prison work). | ||
Since all of these justifications are debatalbe and brittle, the overriding reason for the persistence of forced labour in prison appears to be the maintenance of order within the institution. Prison authorities firmly believe that the system would break down without the instrument. Even meaningless work is seen as better than no work at all. | |||
==== Imposed Poverty ==== | ==== Imposed Poverty ==== | ||