PS3s locked away from UK prisoners
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A friend told me that the term "Screw" come from the fact that prisoners were once made to turn a wheel for so long and if a prison officer wanted, he would come in and Tighten the "screw"?
The wheel did nothing, it was an entirely pointless exercise. Kept them busy though.
The wheel did nothing, it was an entirely pointless exercise. Kept them busy though.
I was talking to a women at a bbq this weekend who works in a young offenders institute. She said they all have ps3, tv and everything they want in the prison and its pretty luxurious considering.
She even said that some of the kids have such bad lifes outside of the prision they often cry and beg not to be taken back to there homes which makes you think that some of the kids are only little ****s because there parents funked them up so much.
She even said that some of the kids have such bad lifes outside of the prision they often cry and beg not to be taken back to there homes which makes you think that some of the kids are only little ****s because there parents funked them up so much.
Back then the guards could dish out physical punishment for inmates who stepped out of line. Now they can't do that so it's impossible to force prisoners to do any labour without offering them perks.
And in todays world of underfunded, understaffed prisons you single-handedly try forcing 20-30 violent people to do slave labour type work and see how far you get.
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This is where some times the modern "namby pamby" systems just don't cut it.
Underfunded, understaffed, single handed??
If so then standing there with a SHOTGUN will probably get you some results
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Zyklon B in the shower room would sort out the prison overcrowding, would stop people re-offending also... *tumbleweed*
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I distinctly remember reading that the Prison Service had decided (or been advised) that PS3s weren't to be allowed into prisons because of the integrated wireless capabilities. No idea why they went ahead and allowed it to happen anyway.
For the people asking how/why they have consoles, you can do work in prison and earn money. When I took a tour round Wandsworth last year they essentially had a mini Argos catalogue of stuff they could spend their money on. Best thing available at the time was a PS2 though, I think.
For the people asking how/why they have consoles, you can do work in prison and earn money. When I took a tour round Wandsworth last year they essentially had a mini Argos catalogue of stuff they could spend their money on. Best thing available at the time was a PS2 though, I think.
The prison service doesn't allow PS3's - as MrMoonX (a currently serving officer) has already pointed this out earlier in this thread. The wireless argument is pointless though - if the prison doesn't have a wireless access point on the wing with Internet Access then the prisoners aren't going to be able to do very much with it anyway. Anyone who thinks that the average prisoner is going to use them for "chatting" to each other is overlooking the fact that most of them can just chat face-to-face.
Your point about the argos catalog is true though, but if the average prisoner is earning £12 a week and spends most of that on phone calls home and maybe a packet of cigarettes then it'll take them one hell of a long time to save up for a PS2....
What if they're some 90 year old old lady who couldn't afford her council tax?
If you want to keep them occupied then whats wrong with just giving them books and getting them to take part in training courses or gain educational qualifications.
Prison is supposed to be a punishment too though so I don't think they should be allowed regular access to stuff which if purely "entertainment" - PS3s TVs etc...
I think you'll find that sending people to prison for getting into debt was abolished quite some time ago - Queen Victoria is not currently on the throne and no we don't have work houses for the unemployed either.
Excellent idea - do you think you are the first to think of it? Of course you aren't, so why aren't they doing this now? LACK OF RESOURCES AND MONEY. You try finding people who want to go into prisons and teach prisoners for a pittance. You would have to teach most of them to read first too....
Another excellent idea - or at least it would be if your first point stood up. Unfortunately the prison service hasn't the money or resources to education and employ everyone who comes through their doors, so in order to keep the prisoners quiet and the staff who guard them safe they have to keep the prisoners at least semi-happy. Television is a great and cheap way to do just that. PlayStation 2's are earned after a sustained period of good behaviour and rehabilitation program compliance.
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I love the way some people here seem to regard a Console as such a vital and integral part of their lives they think life would not be too bad, as long as they had their console - Who needs freedom?