Somehow you take what is already a terrifying concept, and turn it into something even worse. Even on your most basic points you manage to completely misunders

Somehow you take what is already a terrifying concept, and turn it into something even worse. Even on your most basic points you manage to completely misunderstand the nature of the prison system. Do you really think non-ruggedised portable electronics will last 2 years in the prison system? They often don't even last 2 years in the enterprise. I'd expect the entire Matrix outfit you describe would have about a 15 minute lifetime before it meets an untimely demise against a cell wall. I don't see how putting 100% of inmates into solitary confinement conditions, with the sole exception of also wiring them into the Matrix, is an appealing alternative to the sexual assault of 21% of inmates. Many countries with modern prison systems manage to rehabilitate prisoners without stripping them of their humanity and also without being implicit in their rape through inaction and indifference.