PS3s locked away from UK prisoners

[NeilF]

They get to play consoles? Ummmm.... And there's me thinking they're in prison as a punishment...

http://www.t3.com/news/ps3s-locked-away-from-uk-prisoners?=39151

 

[robmiller]

Keeping prisoners occupied stops them a) going insane and b) causing riots, so there is a simple argument for their being able to have gaming consoles/televisions etc.

Prisoners who have to stew with nothing to do tend not to behave themselves and therefore compromise their own rehabilitation, as well as the safety of prison staff and other inmates.

 

[4p]

Rather them sit in their cells planning attacks on eachother etc?

 

[bledd]

they should be allowed two dice each
and toast once a day

 

[div0]

Keeping prisoners occupied stops them a) going insane and b) causing riots, so there is a simple argument for their being able to have gaming consoles/televisions etc.

I'd rather they made them dig a hole and then fill it in again, rather than having them watch TV and play games consoles.

There must be a more constructive way of 'keeping them occupied', rather than providing them with free entertainment.

 

[LukeTW]

It is however not the first time that the Sony console has run into a little trouble inside, with the Playstation 2 banned from UK prisons in 2006 because inmates were using them to watch porn.

 

[Dreaded_Cheese]

Give them books.

 

[aardvark]

I'd rather they made them dig a hole and then fill it in again, rather than having them watch TV and play games consoles.

There must be a more constructive way of 'keeping them occupied', rather than providing them with free entertainment.

exactly, make them work, there must be something for them to do.

 

[manjuice]

Give them books.

lol

 

[Cosimo]

they should be allowed two dice each
and toast once a day

Only after having finished a hard days graft on the chain gang.

 

[rsatd]

Make them work... in Chinese mines. Hopefully the latter will collapse evetually and thus solving the matter once and for all. ONCE AND FOR ALL!

 

[deuse]

Just let the nonces wing into the general population once a week, GTA4 without cars.

 

[NeilF]

compromise their own rehabilitation

So maybe if they're a repeat offender, take away such privileges as the rehabilitiation with them clearly didn't work the previous time!

 

[yoyo50]

No ps3/tvs let em fight to the death

 

[Dreaded_Cheese]

No ps3/tvs let em fight to the death

Awesome idea- they could have a tv show.

 

[soundb0y]

haha running man styleee

 

[Grandmaster Fap!]

All prisons should be like Battle Royale, last man standing gets to walk out free. You can bet the crime rate would plummet.

 

[Batf1nk]

All prisons should be like Battle Royale, last man standing gets to walk out free. You can bet the crime rate would plummet.

Then the mosy hardened, dangerous and brutal criminals get let loose on the public!

 

[rsatd]

All prisons should be like Battle Royale, last man standing gets to walk out free. You can bet the crime rate would plummet.

But after a while we would need to start kidnapping kids to fill the gaps between the shows

 

[scorza]

Keeping prisoners occupied stops them a) going insane and b) causing riots, so there is a simple argument for their being able to have gaming consoles/televisions etc.

Prisoners who have to stew with nothing to do tend not to behave themselves and therefore compromise their own rehabilitation, as well as the safety of prison staff and other inmates.

Sad but true. The underfunded prison service simply cannot cope with the number of prisoners being sent to them (and we're going to be sending a lot more to them in future too!). So instead of being a place where a ne'er-do-well can contemplate his wrong doing and correct himself, it becomes a place where those in authority just say "have a good time and don't cause us any trouble and we'll make sure you get out ASAP".