Crop-Pickin’ Prisoners in the Colorado Fields

It seems that farmers in the Pueblo County, Colorado area are having some problems finding workers to pick crops. In spite of offering up to $9.60/hr, things are bad enough that crops either rotted in the fields last fall, some farmers are planning to plant less (or not at all) — or they’re going out of business altogether.

So how do you feel about farmers contracting with the state’s Department of Corrections for inmate labor?

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