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Court To Prisoner: No Xbox 360 For You

Posted by samzenpus on from the break-out-the-2600 dept.

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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  1. Re:English, motherfarker...! by Samantha+Wright · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I have some fun but irrelevant news for you: "an" is older than "a"; the word is ultimately cognate with "one". If you go back far enough, it's the only indefinite article used. Wikipedia also talks about an hilarious process called 'juncture loss'.

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  2. Re:There is always a way by SuricouRaven · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Because busy prisoners are peaceful prisoners. If they are gaming then they aren't planning riots, organising gangs or maintaining their drug-smuggling networks.

  3. Re:There is always a way by Ravon+Rodriguez · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And how exactly will turning the prison system into an adult daycare promote rehabilitation? IMO, this is why the number of repeat offenders is so high. Give them high school and college courses, or let them otherwise learn a useful life skill; do anything but make prison an extended vacation for them.

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  4. Re:There is always a way by h4rr4r · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How do you plan to use that to fill up 100% of their time? Idle hands and all that jazz.

    Harsher prisons only mean harsher people when they are finally let out.