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Missouri Prisons Pull Violent Video Games

Posted by Zonk on from the kill-a-man-and-get-no-mario dept.

blueZhift writes "Missouri's most violent criminals will no longer be permitted to play violent video games that simulate the kind of offenses that resulted in their incarceration in the first place. Prison officials pulled the games, which included such killfests as Hitman: Contracts, once they were informed of their violent content. Science fiction and sports games were not pulled as part of the sweep, so more nerdy prisoners will not be affected by the changes."

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  1. Nerdy? by Pluvius · · Score: 2, Informative

    Since sports games are by far the most popular genre of video games for the casual player, it'd be more accurate to say "normal prisoners will not be affected."

    Rob

  2. Re:The real question: by *weasel · · Score: 4, Informative

    In NY state the split is actually 38% of felons are in jail on drug charges, and almost 30% of those have also been convicted of a violent crime. So you've got about ~25% of felons in there because of mandatory minimums.

    http://www.drugpolicy.org/statebystate/newyork/r oc kefellerd/index.cfm

    Nationally the average is closer to 21%
    http://www.enotes.com/americas-prisons/

    Granted, these are certainly dramatically increased over the last 20 years -- but they're not nearly the 'majority' you're tossing around.

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