LOL maybe it depends on the kind of work? I have a friend who did 5 years for a violent felony. For 1 month he was sent to a low security facility and sent out every day to patch road tar for 25 cents an hour. Have you seen the guys out tapping asphalt into potholes with a shovel? That was him... in southern Oklahoma... in July. He got into a fight on purpose so he could go back to medium security and enjoy the air conditioning.