3 ms·
That's true, but it also allows human beings to stay in touch with reality, their families, an outside world that they're eventually going to reenter. Cutting o
by burkaman 5y ago
That's true, but it also allows human beings to stay in touch with reality, their families, an outside world that they're eventually going to reenter. Cutting off communication would be a disaster for people inside and outside prison - it would increase recidivism, increase suicide, break up families, mentally destroy prisoners, and likely increase crime overall. It's a terrible idea.
I also don't think phone calls are the only thing separating prison from a vacation home.
- cbg0 5y agoNobody in this thread mentioned cutting off communication, aside from you. One poster mentioned they worked on a "device to block cell phone usage in prisons".
- burkaman 5y agoThe thread was a story about inmates communicating to people outside prison, then someone saying "I am always shocked to learn just how porous prisons are and why nothing seems to be done about that." I interpreted that as "why isn't anything done about inmates being able to talk to people outside", but I could be wrong.
- ungamedplayer 5y agoI took that as the a ability to get prohibited items into prison.
- hyperhopper 5y agoThis is what happens when hackernews commenters try to flex their vocabulary instead of just spelling out what they mean like a normal person.