Sunday, April 13, 2025

So, starting wage in The Feds is $0.13 per hour (Yes, thirteen cents; not a typo.) In what year was the thirteen cent minimum prison wage first set, and how much would that be today if it had adjusted for inflation?

 

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So, starting wage in The Feds is $0.13 per hour (Yes, thirteen cents; not a typo.) In what year was the thirteen cent minimum prison wage first set, and how much would that be today if it had adjusted for inflation?

What would it take to have a change enacted that would update minimum prison wage with inflation, and retroactively so?

And how did you make it financially when you were in The Feds?

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