I think the public should be given the option of servitude/hard labor for prisoners. You put an order in for X amount of prisoners and they come with an assigned guard to do whatever hard labor you need done.
I am sure cleaners, gardeners and labourers would love free labour to replace them, and that no crime would ensue from the resultant unemployment and redundancy.
Do you know what that would add to the cost of labor?
Ever heard of the word facetious?
No.
I figured as much.