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I’ve had serious issues with the judicial system in this country for years now, but banning board games is just a new level of absurd. How a system so unjust c

• djrogers 6y ago
  Did you read the article? It's a COVID related restriction - not a judicial system one.
  • jMyles 6y ago
    > It's a COVID related restriction - not a judicial system one. I'm not sure what that means - just that it is an administrative restriction rather than something adjudicated in a court of law? This doesn't make it less absurd, and might make it more.
  • olliej 6y ago
    That seems like the new "reason" -- at least it's more valid than the old reason of "stopping gambling". There was a documentary, Netflix maybe?, where guards would routinely do sweeps and find any game pieces that prisoners has made - paper folded to make dice, notes and score sheets for D&D, etc
  • hertzrat 6y ago
    Let the inmates decide for themselves. I’m sure they’ve had enough “we’re doing this for your own good” for a lifetime
    • tgsovlerkhgsel 6y ago
      The problem is that they're not only deciding for themselves, they're also deciding for their cellmates, and anyone else they will be in close contact with (which, in a prison, is likely "everyone")
      • hertzrat 6y ago
        That’s fair, I forgot how closely packed everyone is