Paying your debt to society part 3

To finish up on death matches it is a choice so it is not cruel or unusual punishment.  Now with bringing up a right protected by the constitution punishment must be carefully considered.   So is it cruel or unusual to ask criminals to do what the rest of us must?  In the bad economy we have seen more and more homeless and hungry but the prisoners have a roof over there head and 3 meals a day.  I feel they should earn that.  If they dont work they dont get food and must have more in each room.  The hardest and best workers get better treatment.  There pay would be low bringing down the cost of making things in America.  They would have an hourly wage set and a cost of living and the hours they work determins how well they live.  Criminals are people and need a purpose rather then just learning to be better criminals.  Soon to be back to states smoking.