It s they are not allowed to be paid a sensible wage and then taxed on their income so they are not able to use the work to support their families, and get used to handling money sensibly. This also acts as a large disincentive to them to take on the work.
It also means that, if the prison is charging a commercial rate for the job then the contracts are subsidising that prison. This might be a good idea if it meant that we had to pay less tax. Unfortunately I think I am right to say it means no such thing. I believe the prisons get the same per prisoner (of a given category) regardless of any contracts the prison enters into. So where does the money go? If on the other hand they are charging what it costs them, then they are undercutting the rate any public company could offer by a huge amount, causing loss of jobs on 'the outside'....
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