Would giving prisoners internet access...

[Atatürk]

...be a good thing or a bad thing?

Good

Something to help relieve their boredom.

Bad

May cause them to become addicted to the internet.



Has anyone else got anything to add to that?

[Godfrey I of Leuven]

No, imprisonment is supposed to be a punishment. Why on earth give them internet ?

[D.B. Cooper]

imprisonment is supposed to be a punishment.

[Atatürk]

No, imprisonment is supposed to be a punishment. Why on earth give them internet ?

So they can have something to do. I mean being locked up in a room with only the internet to keep you occupied is still a punishment.

[Godfrey I of Leuven]

Is it? The user can download movies, games, watch youtube, even have social activity via Facebook/Myspace. This is not punishment my friend

[Atatürk]

Is it? The user can download movies, games, watch youtube, even have social activity via Facebook/Myspace. This is not punishment my friend

But you can do that all outside prison, plus an infinite amount of other things.

[Swagger]

besides all porn

[Godfrey I of Leuven]

@Atatürk:

Exactly! Wouldn't be much of a punishment then, would it ? The only thing positive I can think about is that the gay-level will probably decrease and that prisoners can now fight eachother online i games such as CS:S instead of effing up the courtyard.

[Atatürk]

Good people go to prison as well as bad people. Prison shouldn't be a punishment, we're civilized people. We no longer beat our children when they're naughty, we restrict them from being naughty by putting them on the naughty step. Prison is like a naughty step, a place where they can no longer commit a crime or harm others. We shouldn't be punishing them as badly as possible.

[Godfrey I of Leuven]

Does that count for serial killers and paedophiles ?

[Enemy of the State]

So they can have something to do

Forced labor.

[Ratbag]

So they can have something to do.

Forced labor.

Haha.

But in Belgium there is this pedophile called 'Detroux'.
He had access to the internet on the computer in his cell.
When they had a look at the files on his computer it was full a child pornagraphy...

Make jail as horrible as possible, so people will try their hardest to never go there again!

[Godfrey I of Leuven]

Lol, in Belgium prisoners can buy anything from flip-flops to Plasma tvs as long as they have the money..

[Atatürk]

Make jail as horrible as possible, so people will try their hardest to never go there again!

I don't think anybody would want to go to jail anyway.

[Ratbag]

But still there are people who repeatedly go to jail.
Conclusion... It's not horrible enough.

[Atatürk]

No, they'd still go to jail.

Back in the olden days everyone in the Christian world believed in hell. But people still sinned knowing that they would burn for eternity.

[Ratbag]

Just kill murderers, pedophiles and rapists.
For the rest jail will do.

Most people will find this a bit harsh, but society is collapsing.
There is too much compassion for murderers and such.

[Atatürk]

I personally don't think we should kill anyone. If the death penalty is ever introduced in Britain then I will protest publicly.

[D.B. Cooper]

So they can have something to do. I mean being locked up in a room with only the internet to keep you occupied is still a punishment.

Obvious troll is obvious.
Get out of here.

[Mr. Pink]

I'd allow it but only for certain websites, such as news and sports.