Internet for prisoners

Hello all.
This thread raises the question on how dangerous it is to give the prisoners access to the Internet while they're doing their time inside the prison.
Is this a wise thing to do? Or should they be forbidden to have communication outside the prison? I'm interested in what kind of damage they can do if they only have access to Internet Explorer.

OctoberOmnicron: Did you guys have Internet? Where some sites filtered and blocked or did you guys have full access to a normal PC?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Internet is one of the activitites that's being offered to prisonsers. One of the goverment's goal is to take care of them too. Although they're are bad guys, they's still human.

How ya doing, buddy?

Nobody has answered my second question
Besides clicking on pornsites (which are probably blocked) or similar sites that contains virus and trojans, what else can a person do?

I'm thinking about the pc/network security. I just want to map out all kinds of possibilities a prison can do with a pc when not observed. Possibly to do any form of hacking if he only has access to the browser?

How ya doing, buddy?

I think we're beginning to move over to the discussion whether it's right or wrong of the government to take away their right of getting information.
Some of them is going to have an afterlife when they have done their time.

Activitites are important. How would you feel if the only social event of the week was bingo on saturdays?
They should not be punished as humans, but punished for the crime that they have committed.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?