Bloomberg Link to Prison Labor

News accounts of the use of prisoners to make campaign calls, and the Bloomberg campaign's negative reaction (12//25, A-16), have done a disservice to updated attitudes about penal reform and rehabilitation. Instead of treating the news that incarcerated persons have been given an opportunity to gain new skills, earn money and participate in the democratic process, an accomplishment which rightfully should be celebrated, the disclosure has been treated as a minor scandal.

Bloomberg's response, to fire the contractors and promise stricter vetting to prevent recurrence, only compounds the distortion of what should have been an uplifting story