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Prison Program Aims To Turn Criminals Into Coders
Press2ToContinue writes with news that San Quentin, a notorious California prison, has started a program to teach a class of inmates to write code. The first class will last for six months, and the inmates are learning about programming for eight hours a day. The hope is to give them the skills to find a good job after they leave prison, which in turn would reduce their chances of recidivism. Since the state's Dept. of Corrections prohibits internet access, the class only "pretends" to be online — they can't use internet-based resources, and nobody on the outside can see or use the software they create. One of the class's backers said, 'Almost every week there's epiphanies. And most of the guys in here, they've never touched a computer before. They are progressing beyond our expectations."
Are we going to use them for NSA contractors, coders for various banks and such? Maybe let them write software for various government contracts right? Great idea!!
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When I am sometimes debugging some " programmers' " code . . . I think that the programmer belongs in jail.
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While we are at it, lets teach them chemistry, horticulture, and forensics too.
That way, they will have the skills to become professional criminals when they get out, instead of the amateur criminals they were when they got caught originally.
I mean, they are already criminals, the rest should be easy.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
For those who still want to believe that there's a long-term future in coding ... how DO you plan to compete with people who have no debt from education and will qualify for massive job subsidies?
By not having a felony conviction?
'The tyrant will always find pretext for his tyranny.' - Aesop's Fables
Enough is enough: I've had it with the motherfucking code on the motherfucking plane!
Code on a plane; it's wonderful.
Just don't use Python.
Escher was the first MC and Giger invented the HR department.
Not only that, but they are already used to working in a 6x4 cell!