I read a couple of articles about this and it was the guards making the money. I don't disagree with your sentiment but this sounds more like an abuse of power and torture.
absolutely not worth it for any reason IMO. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_deprivation it doesnt help productivity and it is also a form of torture used by CIA. just saying...
or the torture scene, or lori + baby getting shot, or hanging the law breakers, there's so many things i'm constantly thinking "how the fk are they going to handle that?"
i'd rather watch End of Days or Hudson Hawk than torture myself with ep1,2 and 3. The "nooooooooooo" at the end of ep3, i almost threw my popcorn at the screen!