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In my view, prisoners should have access to (more or less) all the books they want, all the movies they want, all the games they want, and all the video calls h
by larnmar 7y ago
In my view, prisoners should have access to (more or less) all the books they want, all the movies they want, all the games they want, and all the video calls home they want, all delivered to the comfort of their own private cell. Balancing this, prisoners should have no interaction with other prisoners — your human interaction comes through the video chat or through your appointments with guards, prison therapists, and so forth.
Basically, imagine a dull weekend spent entirely inside your hotel room; now imagine it lasts a lot longer. The room is big enough to exercise in, it has natural light, maybe a caged balcony to get fresh air — it’s just like a hotel except everything is bolted down and you’re not allowed to leave.
Preventing interaction between prisoners solves most prison problems, and also enables the number of guards to be massively reduced, compensating for the extra cost of the larger cells and all the entertainment stuff.
- CamperBob2 7y agoOne problem with this position is that for some people, it'd be like throwing Brer Rabbit into the proverbial briar patch (if not the carrot patch). If plenty of people choose to live like this voluntarily, is it still punishment?
- schwartzie 7y agoWhile this might have the effect of symptomatically addressing visible prison problems like fights, it would only further exacerbate some of the worst soft problems like the overall inhumanity of incarceration, and its emphasis on punishment instead of rehabilitation.
- hackinthebochs 7y agoIf I were incarcerated, the forced interaction with other prisoners would be the biggest punishment. Include read-only internet access and I could carve out a meaningful existence in the environment described by the parent comment.
- burgerzzz 7y agoWhat's the humane response to an individual that continually commits serious/violent crimes?
- Cougher 7y agoThe loss of the most basic of human rights: liberty. But your chosen goalpost is noted.
- imtringued 7y agoThe real problem is that they are losing more than just their liberty.
- imtringued 7y agoYeah just have a partnership with Skill Share and Science Journals and other companies to host only content that has been approved specifically for prisons. I can't wait to see the future wave of hermit-like self taught scientists who spent 20 years doing nothing but theoretical physics.