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."

Comments

Re:Prisoner Interent Use

[Pig Hogger]

These cons are there to serve a debt owed to society, not enjoy a free ride at our expense! no more internet use, spousal vists, gym equipment,tv, etc enough is enough. they should be out to work 8 - 10 hrs daily doing something for the community at large and for no pay ( I think they get a small allowance for prison jobs ). The rest of us work our asses off to obtain these things.

With an asshole comment like that, you only deserve that one of those cons, driven to desperation while incarcerated the way you want, will come to your house and tie you up while he rapes your wife and children.

This is all an asshole like you shall ever expect from Life.

Re:Prisoners

[TheoMurpse]

You wanna know how to reintegrate them into society? Make their lives living hell 24/7. They'll never want to go back again. Period. Beat them. Put them in solitary. I don't care. Criminals do not deserve more than orphans in the US. If you think otherwise, you are the biggest douche in the universe, and need to visit an orphanage to see what THOSE are like -- they're worse than jails.

Re:Prisoners-Mr Naive goes to Slashdot.

[Smitedogg]

It doesn't prove it, but I can certainly testify that he's correct.

I'm probably the only slashdotter who has gone to prison (Drugs, I get off parole in November), and his original post was so exactly correct that I cannot believe that he isn't a prison employee. Furthermore, his statistics are really damn close to what I've observed.

You can probably argue about the truth of me being on parole, but checking my posting history and some rudimentary googling would prove that fairly quickly.

I'd also like to note that pencil lead and light switches are a great way to spark your smoke, and that toothpaste is probably the most amazing substance known to mankind.

Re:the drug war is not futile

[HBI]

The acid head does nothing useful for society, therefore his/her opinion is worthless.

Ultimately the direction of society is governed by the 'do's rather than the 'do not's. You can argue the point, but 'Atlas Shrugged' is a myth - it never gets that far, the 'do's have their way, for just that reason. They do.

I point to the war on drugs itself as proof positive of this.

Re:Fight reality on your own time, ok?

[Master of Transhuman]

"In any event, you will always lose in the court of public opinion, which was my point."

Oh, yeah? Wait until I get the necessary nanotech.

The "court of public opinion" will kiss my white ass before they dissolve into a pile of recyclable chemicals.

And your bullshit about people's habits having side effects on the community merely demonstrates your complete inability to comprehend the term personal responsibility.