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not true! sure you know they've stolen, but now they can't get away with it. This makes them more trustworthy, negating stigma.
They can't get away with robbery. There are ways to defect in the prisoner's dilemma that are less overt. The reason people don't like to hire convicts isn't because of anything that would be prevented by an anklet.