[Cadaverous Pallor]

I think it's blatantly obvious to anyone with half a brain that being on a show like that isn't a "being rewarded". It's "getting exactly what you deserve". As for getting paid, most of them aren't paid. Even if they are, the awful psyche repercussions from being on one of these insane shows more than make up for it.

Perhaps instead of prisons, we could make "TV shows" that involve putting a bunch of insane people in a house together and filming them. That way they stay out of our hair voluntarily. It even works for non-criminals who are just stupid, full of sh1t and annoying. I'd rather they were in some obscene mansion tearing each other's hair out than serving me fast food.