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That length restriction seems really bizarre to me. Is the purpose of that just to prevent their mentally ill inmates from bombarding the public with massive m
by jlgreco 14y ago
That length restriction seems really bizarre to me. Is the purpose of that just to prevent their mentally ill inmates from bombarding the public with massive manifestos?
Does that limitation also exist for traditional non-electronic letter? Are inmates allowed to publish books from prison? I'm aware of the Son of Sam Law, which forbids profiting off the story of your crime. That seems to indicate that other stories are okay, but I am not sure.
- whatshisface 14y agoI think they limit the length so that the emails can be examined. You wouldn't want someone DOSing the wardens and sneaking a message out via the whitespace characters.
- rayiner 14y ago> That length restriction seems really bizarre to me. Is the purpose of that just to prevent their mentally ill inmates from bombarding the public with massive manifestos? The purpose is to keep organized crime leaders from continuing to run their networks while incarcerated.
- jlgreco 14y agoIs it effective at doing that? Wouldn't crime bosses just do that through their lawyers?
- enraged_camel 14y agoI'm not sure about that. The more likely reason is that someone has to read those emails and authorities did not want it to become a huge burden on the reviewers.
- fnordfnordfnord 14y agoNope, it's because of the limited number of staff available to read the stuff.