Court To Prisoner: No Xbox 360 For You

jonklinger writes "An Israeli Court rejected the appeal of a prisoner who requested to have an Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 because there is no possibility to remove the internet connectivity apparatus from the device without harming its functionality. Therefore, prisoners cannot engage in gaming and will have to result to other kinds of violence."

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Re:Prison should be punishment

[BitZtream]

Fear and punishment might give you a stiffy but they don't work. What we want is rehabilitated prisoners not people more angry and violent than when they went in.

Bullshit. Fear and punishment most certainly does work and works very well. Giving them an xbox360 isn't exactly punishment, perhaps if you understood what punishment is then you might understand why it works. No it doesn't work on everyone, and those that it doesnt' work on generally are not capable of rehabilitation. They do not understand the basic principle of cause and effect, you can't fix that by talking to them by the time they get to prison.