relmor: That is fine. Keep them alive, but let them do manual labor. There is no reason they cannot work for their keep. What happened to them making license plates? With a little land, they can do farming and help to provide as much as possible of the vegetables and what-not that the prison needs for food. Teach them to sew and let the prisoners make the uniforms. There is no reason that a prison should not be at least mostly self-sufficient. The more they work, the more perks they get. If they dont work, they dont get anything more than food and a cell. Wow, just like in life. Isn't that a novel idea?