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I think the problem is if you view prison as a social benefit where those who have wronged can ideally be rehabilitated and reintegrated back into society, then it's helpful to not have ex-cons loaded with debt when they already have an uphill battle to avoid reoffending. If you view prison solely as a deterrent and punishment maybe making them pay makes some sense. If, like in the US prison is a big business and source of slave labour then making people pay makes business sense but there are so many problems with that already it helps no one but evil corporations.
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Gotta say while I don't agree with two tierd prison systems that can be bought into, I'm not sure I see a conceptual issue with people who've committed crimes being partly responsible for the cost of their incarnation. It just needs to be implemented in a reasonable way.