Theoretical model of prison system in functional society

Premises
Law should exist only to disincentive non-creative destruction and have no
relevancy to a destroyer's intent.
Prisons exist as netting for when the law is unsuccessful.
A dysfunctional society will tend to have a larger portion of citizens in prisons.
Prisons should not exist to rehabilitate nor to punish.
Law and law enforcement should be a net benet! not a net drain on society.
"epurposed prison example
#o law should exist where a value cannot be placed on what was damaged. $t is
society's %ob to use law to arbitrarily dictate value where no mar&et exists based
on the society's cultural values. 'hile a child or fully disabled individual may not
be particularly valuable in a productive sense! society should be able to set values
on them as they see t.
(ere are some examples of variables and reasonable scenarios)
*+eing successfully convicted of a crime could net the prosecuting government
,-!.// to maintain and possibly expand the abilities of the courts! law-ma&ing
government! and law enforcement agencies. A progressive society! or a society
worried about the rich being able to get away with murder at little cost! may wish
to charge a percentage of net worth on top of this charge.
*0ach day's stay in prison should be calculated by prison o1cials and ta&en from
a prison in-mate's wages. Assuming prisoner's are responsible for paying for all
essentials at reasonable mar&-up! let's say the cost for water! electricity! data!
property maintenance! and administrative overhead for a 2!///-inmate prison
3excluding productivity wor&4 comes to ,.56year. This comes to a mere ,.!///6yr
cost for prisoners! or 7,829.9:6mo! and should provide for a fairly luxurious stay
3individual studio apartments! fully furnished and with full utilities4 to permit
prisoners to focus on wor& rather than raping and6or &illing fellow inmates or
guards.
*A child's value could be determined by the total income of the highest-earning
legal guardian. $f a parent earns! say! ,;./!/// by the time he's ;/! assuming a
<legal wor& age= of -/ and a legal retirement age set at 9/! the value of the child
should be assumed to be ,2!8//!///! which would be the minimum amount due
3minus compounding interest! say ;> annually4 to the child's benefactors. ?n top
of that! you could certainly add an estimation of costs for ta&ing care of the child
through the life it lived 3including healthcare and education! and if provided by the
government! that money should go to the government4.
*Prisons should operate as e1cient labor camps. Prisoners should be matched to
their abilities if possible! and if not possible! wor& on lines as general labor! in
%anitorial sectors! or wherever else is seen t. Training should be encouraged.
Prisoners should never be held bac& from trying to become more productive! as it
%usties a higher pay which is a net benet to 0@0"A?#0 in society.
*Prisoners can spend up to ;.> of their paychec& on themselves! but no more.
*$f a damages value cannot be reasonably determined! no crime was committed.
Example A: Jim and the double child homicide
"unning with this! let's say Bim murders two unrelated 2--year-old children. (e's
successfully convicted by a prosecuting government. The invoice for &illing the
children is as follows)
+ase conviction cost
C ,-!.//
Lost investments
DA ,2-!/// - Dood! Ehild A 3estimated at ,2!///6yr4
D+ ,2-!/// F Dood! Ehild + 3estimated at ,2!///6yr4
C ,G!9// F 5edicare coverage! Ehild A 3estimated at ,8!H//6yr4
DA ,8H!/// F 5edical insurance coverage provided by legal guardians! child A
3estimated at ,8!H//6yr4
C ,.:!9// F 5edicare coverage! Ehild + 3estimated at ,8!H//6yr4
DA ,22H!/H/ F Ihelter! Ehild A 3family of ;! mortgage and utilities at ,-!89/6mo.
26; of that comes to ,H-/6mo! or ,G!H8/6yr.4
D+ ,8;!-// F Ihelter! Ehild + 3family of ;! mortgage and utilities at ,G//6mo. 26;
of that comes to ,;//6mo! or ,;!9//6yr4
C ,GH!/// F 0ducation! Ehild A 3public school! estimated at ,28!///6yr J-:4
C ,GH!/// F 0ducation! Ehild + 3public school! estimated at ,28!///6yr J-:4
Lost production
DA ,2!/2/!/// - Ehild A 3highest-earning careta&er has reported a total of
,./.!/// in earned income from all tax lings up to last tax ling at age 8/! for an
average annual income of ,-.!-./. Drom 8/ to 9/! it's estimated the guardian will
earn another ,./.!///.4
D+ ,2!999!99: - Ehild + 33highest-earning careta&er has reported a total of
,2!-./!/// in earned income from all tax lings up to last tax ling at age ./! for
an average annual income of ,82!999.9:. Drom ./ to 9/! it's estimated the
guardian will earn another ,829!999.9:.4
Total owed)
Covernment - ,-9.!:// 3H.;99H>4
Ehild A benefactors - ,2!2HH!/H/ 3;:.82-->4
Ehild + benefactors - ,2!:-2!H9: 3.8.--2>4
Crand total) ,;!2:.!98: 32//>4
Bim is a ;/-year-old professional welder. Kpon conviction! Bim's house! vehicles!
and ban& and investment accounts were seized and emptied to help pay his
debts! which came to ,;./!/// in debt repayment proportionally paid to his
victims' survivors and government 3see bottom of page for mechanics wor&ing4.
Bim's transferred to a prison plant where they ma&e custom steel parts for
discontinued automobiles and heavy machinery 3on top of odd %obs4. Bim wor&s 9/
hours a wee& and paid his estimated share of the prison plant's productivity
revenues! roughly ,HG!/// per year! or ,:!829.9:6mo. Drom this! Bim is allowed to
spend up to ;.> on himself 3more only if minimum monthly allotments for certain
uses exceed his ;.> maximum4. After this! he must pay prison taxes which cover
for the debts and existence of convicts unable to wor& for whatever reason. The
rest is proportionally distributed to those he owes. $n no case can a prisoner with
debt have funds left over at the end of a month's cycle 3they spend money with a
debit card controlled by the prison4. (is budget should roughly be as follows)
Ielf 3;.>! ,-.G..H;6mo 5AL4
Prison rent 3absolute4 - ,829.9:
Croceries M restaurant 3,2./ minimum monthly allotment4 - ,;//
(ealth coverage 3absolute4 - ,8//
Training 3,-./ minimum monthly allotment! forfeited if unused4 - ,/
0ntertainment! cash! misc 3,/ minimum monthly allotment4 - ,-//
Total) ,2!;29.9: 3,9!2// left over4
Prison Taxes
-/> of earnings F ,2!8H;.;; 3,8!929.9: left over4
"epayment
Covernment - ,;H9.-:
Ehild A benefactors - ,2!:-:.-/
Ehild + benefactors - ,-!./;.-/
0Nects of Bim's assets being seized and distributed to victims! current amounts
owed
Covernment F ,-;9!829.-/ 3,-G!-H;.H/ repaid4
Ehild A benefactors - ,2!/.:!2;:.;/ 3,2;/!G8-.:/ repaid4
Ehild + benefactors - ,2!.;-!/G;../ 3,2HG!::;../ repaid4
Crand total) ,-!H-.!98:
Bim's monthly debt will loo& li&e this after the rst payment! assuming interest is
calculated after payments)
Covernment
,;H9.-: payment on ,-;9!829.-/ debt - ,-;9!/-G.G; remaining.
;> annual interest translates to ,.G/./:6mo.
Oebt accumulates ,-/;.H/ in additional debt.
Ehild A benefactors
,2!:-:.-/ payment on ,2!/.:!2;:.;/ debt F ,2!/..!82/.2/ remaining.
;> annual interest translates to ,-!9;H..;6mo.
Oebt accumulates ,G22.;; in additional debt.
Ehild + benefactors
,-./;.-/ payment on ,2!.;-!/G;../ debt - ,2!.-G!.G/.;/ remaining.
;> annual interest translates to ,;!H-;.GH6mo.
Oebt accumulates ,2;-/.:H in additional debt.
As you can see! Bim has eNectively been given a life sentence for his destruction.
Theoretically! he could play some &ind of prison lotto and maybe get bac& on
trac&! but most li&ely! he will wor& under comfortable conditions until he's no
longer able to. Let's say that's until he's :/ when he suddenly dies of a stro&e.
0ven though Bim will never pay oN his debt! he will have contributed 7,-.--5 to
his victims as well as 7,:2-J to victims of fellow in-mates' crimes through the
prison tax system on top of providing everyone a valuable service through his
productive wor&! a dramatic improvement over costing taxpayers 7,-HHJ over
his remaining life living in poor conditions.
Example B: Bill takes a piss in a postal box
+ill! a 8/ year old penniless hobo! was drun& in public and pissed inside a postal
dropbox containing .H letters and small pac&ages. (e's convicted of this and
charged as follows)
+ase conviction cost
C ,-!.//
Lost investments
KIPI ,8/ 3refunded postage4
Lost production
KIPI ,2./ 3the dropbox is considered a biohazard and a certied company must
clean it4
KIPI ,8!/// 3an upper-level employee must sift through piss-soa&ed letters and
pac&ages! distributing ,./ credits to those aNected as per their insurance policy4
Total owed)
Covernment - ,-!.// 3;:.;:>4
KIPI - ,8!2G/ 39-.9;>4
Crand total) ,9!9G/ 32//>4
+ill has nothing to seize and no useful s&ills to be utilized. (e's incidentally put to
wor& at the same prison as Bim as <general labor!= wor&ing 9/ hours per wee& and
paid roughly ,-.!9//6yr 3,-!2;;.;;6mo4 out of company revenues. +ill decides he
wants to be trained to become a phone receptionist! training the prison's currently
oNering and charging ,./6w& for. $t's a four-wee& program (is budget is as follows
for the rst month)
Ielf 3;.>! ,:89.9:6mo 5AL4
Prison rent 3absolute4 - ,829.9:
Croceries M restaurant 3,2./ minimum monthly allotment4 - ,2./
(ealth coverage 3absolute4 - ,8//
Training 3,-./ minimum monthly allotment! forfeited if unused4 - ,-//
0ntertainment! cash! misc 3,/ minimum monthly allotment4 - ,/
Total) ,2!299.9: 3,G99.99 left over4
Prison Taxes
,/! 0L05PT 3pays more than ;.> total monthly income on minimum <self=
allotments4
"epayment
Covernment F ,;92.-8 payment on ,-!.// debt - ,-2;H.:9 remaining.
;> annual interest translates to ,..;.6mo.
Oebt decreases by ,;...HG! to ,-!288.22.
KIPI F ,9/..8- payment on ,8!2G/ debt F ,;!.H8..H remaining.
;> annual interest translates to ,H.G96mo.
Oebt decreases by ,.G9.89! to ,;!.G;..8
+ill clearly isn't a lifer. After training! he's repurposed as a phone receptionist for
the plant! which pays ,-G!8//6yr 3,-!8./6mo4. +ill's mandatory stay at the prison
will last around . months. (owever! after this time! he can choose to either leave
or stay on. After all! +ill's a valuable! productive member of society! really! even
though he's in prison. Eontracts for former convicts are special as prison is a
uniPue <societal shard= - and +ill's burdens will be much lighter! though his
freedom will be signicantly reduced until he leaves! if he does. Let's say that in
this contract! he must always pay prison taxes as well as 2/> of his paychec& to
his former victims 3at same proportions as before4. $f +ill went ahead and stayed
on with the prison plant! his budget would loo& something li&e this)
Ielf 3:/>! ,2!:2.6mo 5AL4
Prison rent - ,829.9:
Croceries M restaurant - ,-./
(ealth coverage - ,8//
0ntertainment! cash! misc - ,2//
Total) ,2!299.9: 3,2!-H;.;; left over4
Prison Taxes
-/> of earnings F ,8G/ 3,:G;.;; left over4
5andated Penance
Covernment - ,G2..9
KIPI - ,2.;.88
+ill's left with ,.8H.;; each month to save. +ill lives comfortably. (e eats well!
goes to bars! and en%oys the restaurant. +ill's free to continue wor&ing at the
prison plant until he's no longer able! at which point he should have enough saved
to retire outside the prison! or maybe the prison will ma&e him an exception and
charge him %ust a little more to remain in his prison apartment until death. +oth
the government in general and the KIPI are being rewarded handsomely for
putting up with +ill's shenanigans! as well as victims of other prison in-mates from
+ill's prison taxes.
Let's say +ill lives until he's H/. Drom wor&ing thirty years in the prison plant and
from investing! he's accumulated around ,;./& at the age of :/! when he retired.
(is monthly costs from age :/ to H/ may loo& something li&e this 3after inQationR4)
Prison rent - ,:./
Croceries M restaurant - ,8//
(ealth coverage - ,9//
0ntertainment! cash! misc - ,2./
Total) ,2!G//6mo! or ,--.H&6yr.
At +ill's death! he's left with ,2--J he can have distributed however he'd li&e!
maybe to his grand&ids or maybe +ill was without family but really pleased at how
his life turned out! so he has the ,2--J distributed as <extraordinary prison
taxes!= paying a fair amount extra to every victim of prison in-mates 3and
counting against those prisoners' debts! possibly reducing how long those in-
mates will be rePuired to stay in and wor&4. (is wor& benets the prison plant's
customers! and instead of costing taxpayers 7,-HHJ! he's not only become far
more productive than he was outside prison! but done wor& valued at 7,HH-J! a
large amount going to the KIPI! general government! and victims of others'
crimes.