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Running a Website from Your Prison Cell

Eh-Wire writes "Although prisoners Internet access is highly restricted, this hasn't prevented many inmates from getting around the restrictions with the judicious use of phone and snail-mail privileges to network with friends, relatives, activists, and associates to provide content to their websites. Some use their websites to badger witnesses and prosecuters, while others plead their case or phish for pen-pals. Some have successfully challenged their convictions through their websites, which complicates efforts by authorities to silence them. Websites domiciled outside of the respective jurisdictions further complicate the issue. Yahoo News has additional commentary on this controversial subject."

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  1. Re:Well... by Gentlewhisper · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    IN SOVIET RUSSIA, prisons run YOU!

    Well, in America, there will be quite a lot of prison pr0n..

    Finally, we can see if all those scenarios (ie.. human toilet) as depicted by hollywood are true or not!

  2. Re:Off-topic by Lord+Kano · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Great idea, but I fear that it would cause the former ACs to create a bunch of throw-away accounts so they could still get FP.

    LK

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