I’d argue that simple chores can be used to help inmates get used to structured work as part of a reintegration effort. Of course that only makes sense if reintegration is the main goal of the prison system, which isn’t the case in the United States.
In any way, if inmates were to do labor, they’d have to be subject to labor law including worker protections and minimum wage provisions. That would probably require the United States to abolish slavery first, which isn’t going to happen anytime soon.
I run Garuda on my 16 and my desktop PC.
It’s basically a KDE-centric Arch build but with some quality of life tools and XTREME GAMER default theming, plus you’re not legally required to say you’re using Arch all the time.
No complaints so far. Sure, you’re expected to update all packages on your computer about once per day but I find that process to be fairly smooth. You can always configure your desktop to stop looking like a bordello for dragons and I rather like how
garuda-update
automates some of the housekeeping involved with the package manager.If I had to pick a different distro I’d probably try out something immutable but so far I have no intention to switch.