You've never actually read Oliver Twist, have you?

And depending on the degree of crime committed, I don't see that much of a problem with allowing them highly monitored and regulated internet access. Obviously to make sure they arn't breaking any more laws, learning about things they shouldn't, or talking to people they have business talking too. Some guy who is in jail for killing a family and eating their heads? Yeah, maybe keep him off myspace. But some guy who got arrested for a white collar crime and wants to check CNN, big deal.

Oliver Twist lolol

My dad mentioned something the other day about maybe letting them take educational courses online for schooling. That actually didn't sound too bad.

Yeah, educational courses might actually be a better idea. Must more productive than just surfing the internet checking up on the news and weather. ;) And as we said before, they can get the weather, news, etc., off the television. The internet would be fairly useless in that case.

The minute you commit a crime, you lose all rights. And when prisoners demand cable, internet, etc, I find it a bit wrong and that society shouldn't give into what they want. They're in jail for a reason. The only access to a computer they should have is for educational purposes connected only to the jail library and nothing else.

I know the term crime is subject though and that it's hard to say who really is a threat to society and shouldn't recieve any rights. But once you allow some prisoners to use the internet, you'll have to allow the others.

No, you won't.

I don't think it's necessarily a bad idea, as long as they restrict what sites they are able to access. CNN, ESPN, etc., no problem. Myspace, probably not.

I dont agree with giving internet to prisoners. Secret communication through hidden channels is dangerous already, giving them privilages to access the global world in a solitude is truly unwise. Who knows if they will somehow abuse them and building their network via underground?

It's dangerous and too risky, I really dont agree with giving this privilage to prisoners.

I don't think there's a problem at all with providing internet access to criminals. Just don't give them access to buy things online or other methods of obtaining things. Plus, the internet would be accessible in some place outside of their cell. So, they wouldn't have a machine of their own to access. If anything, make a mini PC cafe and they can play games or chat. Sending email isn't too bad if there were a team of technicians to work on verifying the domain name and who it is.

hahahahaha..... no.
prisoners get room and board, food, cable, education and now they want internet? hell, if that's the case let me do some stupid crime to where the public's tax dollars will pay for me to live such an easy life.