As per the article, the alternative was pencil not digital. For whatever reason the rule of the mental ward was there could only be access to pencils. Pencil ma

As per the article, the alternative was pencil not digital. For whatever reason the rule of the mental ward was there could only be access to pencils. Pencil marks are indeed more mutable and thus more vulnerable than pen. Electronic signatures are an entirely different (and interesting) thing to consider.