I assumed from the thread title inmates had been using PS3s as weapons to hit guards and make their escape, this is far less action packed and interesting.
UK Prison Bans PS3s Over Fears of Escape - UPDATED
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THANKYOU! I was about to e-rage about the total ignorance and lack of knowledge here, but you said it much more articulately than I could. *applause* Oh, and I completely agree, obviously.Bayushi_Kouya said:
Just adding on though, why are you all assuming that all the inmates are guilty of rape and murder? Yes, a lot of them will be, but what about financial crimes? Where, more likely than not, you'll get a longer sentence than killing someone. Let's look at that Baby P case, the mother got 5(?) years and the step father got a little bit more, for beating and torturing a baby to death. Lovely. Then, in the same news broadcast, this man got - what was it? - 2 life sentences for benefit fraud or some shit to do with money. Yay justice. You can see this sort of thing happening all the time.
Because the state finds theft of money from the state far more offensive than just torturing and murdering infants.
You'll see it time and time again, petty fraud and theft getting more jail time than sexual assault and violence.
Unless of course it's huge fraud and theft in the range of millions, then they tend to get a knighthood or a place in the House of Lords.
(has to hold back the urge to say 'my name's Ben Elton, goodnight!')
I'm in the middle here I think tho.
Offer them basic entertainment facilities, but not PS3's etc. Then strip them away when they step out of line.
On top of entertainment however, there ought to be education, vocational training etc on offer, maybe with time knocked off for inmates who are obviously trying to improve themselves and behaving.
That or supply them all with WOW, they'll just line up like zombies and no more rioting , violence, etc.
You'll see it time and time again, petty fraud and theft getting more jail time than sexual assault and violence.
Unless of course it's huge fraud and theft in the range of millions, then they tend to get a knighthood or a place in the House of Lords.
(has to hold back the urge to say 'my name's Ben Elton, goodnight!')
I'm in the middle here I think tho.
Offer them basic entertainment facilities, but not PS3's etc. Then strip them away when they step out of line.
On top of entertainment however, there ought to be education, vocational training etc on offer, maybe with time knocked off for inmates who are obviously trying to improve themselves and behaving.
That or supply them all with WOW, they'll just line up like zombies and no more rioting , violence, etc.
Exactly.mikecoulter said:
Give 'em books. Probably better for rehabilitation that a media format that more often than not centres around firearms.
Surely if they don't have the right to be in public they shouldn't have the use of entertainment usually limited to middle class families who can actually afford it....timmytom1 said:
And, our tax money buys these people games consoles? Yeah, makes sense....
There's a certain trade off on this, I think some of these people are more upset that it's a PS3 vs. say, an N64. A bit exaggerated but you see my point that they don't need the latest and greatest equipment there is.
It's one thing to have a TV in a prison rec room for news and videogames, it's another if its a 42 plasma with 7.1 surround sound and force-feedback chairs. (Again, exaggeration to show my point.)
It's one thing to have a TV in a prison rec room for news and videogames, it's another if its a 42 plasma with 7.1 surround sound and force-feedback chairs. (Again, exaggeration to show my point.)
The best thing for those inmates is (if they still had a PS3) to have copies of Mobile Suit Gundam Crossfire,Genji days of the blade, and untold legends dark kingdom
Nah. Some of them are in for crimes of desperation, and/or relatively minor crimes. These people get the cot and the library and that kind of minor nicety.EMFCRACKSHOT said:
As the sentence escalates, so does the level of isolation and "bareness" of their quarters, until it's a plain white room with no contents but the criminal and the clothes they're wearing.
Gives things a nice scalability for times that such is necessary.
I'd wager the sports and Guitar Hero games are probably more popular in the joint. Lowest common denominator and all that.
I don't think of it as "buying inmates video games." I think of it as "enhancing the guards' ability to go home without multiple stab wounds."
I don't think of it as "buying inmates video games." I think of it as "enhancing the guards' ability to go home without multiple stab wounds."
