Why would anyone think this was a good idea?
From the RGJ: Corrections officials at Nevada State Prison have pulled the plug on a pilot program allowing inmates to use PlayStations at Nevada State Prison after inmates were caught using them to watch pornographic movies.
The Nevada Appeal reports some prisoners are suing to get the computer game devices back or be reimbursed for their out-of-pocket costs.
Prison spokesman Steve Suwe said inmates were allowed to buy the PlayStation II units along with games rated “E” for everybody. No violent games or those with sexual situations and nothing above PG-13 were permitted.
“The problem is the PlayStation II can play DVDs,” Suwe said.
And it apparently wasn’t too difficult for inmates to get unauthorized movie DVDs including porn smuggled into Nevada State Prison, effectively turning the PlayStation units into XXX-Boxes.
Director of Corrections Greg Cox said the problem wasn’t just porn — violent game disks were also being smuggled in.
Suwe said there were other problems with the game computers as well. Prison officials were unable to stop inmates from trading game disks or loaning or renting devices to other inmates. Both violate prison rules.
http://www.rgj.com/article/20110806/NEWS/110806005/Given-chance-play-games-Nevada-prison-inmates-use-PlayStations-watch-porn?odyssey=modnewswelltextFRONTPAGEs
You could probably ask any 11 year old and they would be able to tell you that you could play CD's on a PlayStation. Inmates are in prison for a reason, they cannot be trusted. So, why would you think these prisoners would follow the rules and have these porn and violent CD's brought in.
And if they are smuggling in big items like CD's, what else is being smuggled into the prison? Booze, drugs, weapons or movies like "The Sound of Music"?
In prison, if you give the prisoners an inch, they will take the distance between the earth and the moon. What is the prison system going to let the prisoners have next, unfiltered Internet access via WiFi?
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