• quick_snail@feddit.nl
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    14 days ago

    Some will argue that prisons shouldn’t have all the latest computer technologies available to inmates.

    Who the fuck argues that? If they’re locked-up, the least you can do is give them the best possible computers, gyms, and therapists…

    • Soggy@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      Plenty of people would rather we throw prisoners into a medieval dungeon because they’re obsessed with “punishment”.

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      13 days ago

      Well may be not he “latest” high-end for gaming 4k 160fps, but… floppy disks?

      But yes your point stands, if you want to give social reinsertion a chance.

        • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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          7 days ago

          it’s like that prison warden who made sure prisoners had good food, because it’s just objectively an extremely cheap and easy way to prevent unrest.

          Bread and circuses, give prisoners good food and entertainment, and you won’t have to hire 5 guards per prisoner and deal with all the headaches that come from people trying to break out and whatnot.