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All Games Banned From MO Prisons

Posted by Zonk on from the no-tetris-for-you-criminal-types dept.

A while back we mentioned that Missouri pulled violent games from prisons on the basis that hardened criminals shouldn't be practicing their sharpshooting technique. Now, the new governor has removed all video games from the MO prison system. From the AP story: "Blunt, a Republican who took office two weeks ago, called video games 'a luxury that inmates should not be allowed to enjoy.'"

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  1. Re:Learning is expensive by Short+Circuit · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Have you looked at textbooks recently? They're stuffed with photos licensed from third parties. And with every copy of the book sold goes a royalty to the owner of the photo.

    My Political Science 110 textbook costs more than $90, and it's got more page surface covered with photos than with text.

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