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Some make six figures. : Planet Money : NPR (https://www.npr.org/2025/11/07/nx-s1-5601059/maine-prisoners-remote-work-jobs) (Economy) (https://feeds.npr.org/1017/rss.xml) (https://media.npr.org/chrome/favicon/favicon-180x180.png) (https://media.npr.org/chrome/favicon/favicon.ico) (https://media.npr.org/chrome/favicon/favicon-96x96.png) (https://media.npr.org/chrome/favicon/favicon-48x48.png) (https://media.npr.org/chrome/favicon/favicon-32x32.png) (https://media.npr.org/chrome/favicon/favicon-16x16.png) (https://prod-eks-bundles.npr.org/dist/bundles/persistent-css-2c3e84a5bb7be68a031d.css) (https://prod-eks-bundles.npr.org/dist/bundles/persistent_medium-css-2c3e84a5bb7be68a031d.css) (https://prod-eks-bundles.npr.org/dist/bundles/persistent_large-css-2c3e84a5bb7be68a031d.css) (https://prod-eks-bundles.npr.org/dist/bundles/fonts-css-2c3e84a5bb7be68a031d.css) (https://prod-eks-bundles.npr.org/dist/bundles/newsStory-css-2c3e84a5bb7be68a031d.css) (https://s.go-mpulse.net/boomerang/MBVDT-3L9KY-36ZMJ-SPSAR-JR833) (//xhogljaxzamf62iqisja-f-92e2e9cd5-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net)  (Optimizely Internal Frame)    Accessibility links Skip to main content  (https://help.npr.org/contact/s/article?name=what-are-the-keyboard-shortcuts-for-using-the-npr-org-audio-player) Keyboard shortcuts for audio player        Open Navigation Menu   (/) (NPR logo)    (/newsletters/) Newsletters    (https://shopnpr.org) NPR Shop     Close Navigation Menu   (/) Home   (/sections/news/) News Expand/collapse submenu for News  (/sections/national/) National  (/sections/world/) World  (/sections/politics/) Politics  (/sections/business/) Business  (/sections/health/) Health  (/sections/science/) Science  (/sections/climate/) Climate  (/sections/codeswitch/) Race    (/sections/culture/) Culture Expand/collapse submenu for Culture  (/books/) Books  (/sections/movies/) Movies  (/sections/television/) Television  (/sections/pop-culture/) Pop Culture  (/sections/food/) Food  (/sections/art-design/) Art & Design  (/sections/performing-arts/) Performing Arts  (/lifekit/) Life Kit  (/sections/gaming/) Gaming    (/music/) Music Expand/collapse submenu for Music  (https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/) All Songs Considered   (https://www.npr.org/series/tiny-desk-concerts/) Tiny Desk   (https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/606254804/new-music-friday) New Music Friday   (https://www.npr.org/sections/music-features) Music Features   (https://www.npr.org/series/770565791/npr-music-live-sessions) Live Sessions     (/podcasts-and-shows/) Podcasts & Shows Expand/collapse submenu for Podcasts & Shows  Daily (/programs/morning-edition/) () Morning Edition   (/programs/weekend-edition-saturday/) () Weekend Edition Saturday   (/programs/weekend-edition-sunday/) () Weekend Edition Sunday   (/programs/all-things-considered/) () All Things Considered   (/programs/fresh-air/) () Fresh Air   (/podcasts/510318/up-first/) () Up First    Featured (https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510311/embedded) () Embedded   (https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510310/npr-politics-podcast) () The NPR Politics Podcast   (https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510333/throughline) () Throughline   (https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510374/trumps-terms) () Trump's Terms    (/podcasts-and-shows/) More Podcasts & Shows     (/search/) Search   (/newsletters/) Newsletters   (https://shopnpr.org) NPR Shop       (/music/) (NPR Music) (NPR Music)   (https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/) All Songs Considered   (https://www.npr.org/series/tiny-desk-concerts/) Tiny Desk   (https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/606254804/new-music-friday) New Music Friday   (https://www.npr.org/sections/music-features) Music Features   (https://www.npr.org/series/770565791/npr-music-live-sessions) Live Sessions      (/about/) About NPR  (/diversity/) Diversity  (/support/) Support  (/careers/) Careers  (/series/750003/press-room/) Press  (/ethics/) Ethics       In Maine, prisoners can work remote jobs from their cells. Some make six figures. : Planet Money When people in Maine prisons started getting laptops to use in their cells for online classes and homework, it sparked this new idea. Could they have laptops in their cells to work remotely for real outside world jobs, too??? And get real outside world wages?Today on the show, we have reporting from Maine Public Radio\u2019s (https://www.mainepublic.org/people/susan-sharon) Susan Sharon about a new experiment in prisons: remote jobs \u2026 paying fair market wages, for people who are incarcerated. 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