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this case makes me wonder - are there reasons that no govt agency nor NGO has offered computers to jails... with restricted connectivity to only specific domain
by IG_Semmelweiss 6y ago
this case makes me wonder - are there reasons that no govt agency nor NGO has offered computers to jails... with restricted connectivity to only specific domains like Coursera, Edx, etc?
I understand the need to prevent criminal activity via internet access, but that seems like a trivial technical problem... or is it ?
I'd think such an initiative would impact re-incarceration rates, which for the price of a few laptops, seems like a steal (pun intended)
- throwawayboise 6y agoProbably the thinking is that any online platform likely has some roundabout way to be used to communicate with people on the outside. Internal message boards, group chats, help desk, etc. The software would have to be usable completely offline to be acceptable.
- naewonawonga 6y agoPrisons do not actually have rehabilitation as a meaningful incentivized goal.
- IG_Semmelweiss 6y agoMaybe so. But the people paying for the prison certainly do. And they have the purse strings to impose things on their vendors. The profit motive cuts both ways. Good money steward, good outcomes. Checked out steward...
- naewonawonga 6y ago>> But the people paying for the prison certainly do. That's quite a leap.