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People that become incarcerated have also paid for their phone calls and prison sentences by virtue of having been part of the public. They also don't cease producing value while incarcerated, but the prison system captures that, not the public.

Think of it like health insurance. Everyone pays, it's a service available to all of us, but not everyone uses it.



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