Outside jobs can be coveted because they typically pay more and some states deposit a small percentage earned into a savings account for prisoners’ eventual release.
Who takes the rest? The prison.
Look up what these jobs produce and how they are remunerated.
Piecework by convicts is rarely quality
True, but the margins are still fantastic, despite the lower selling price of the goods due to lower quality.
It doesn’t need to be quality.
https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e#:~:text=Almost all of the country’s,hour if anything at all.
Who takes the rest? The prison.
Look up what these jobs produce and how they are remunerated.