Internet for prisoners

You guys never heard of Kevin Mitnick? After his release he talked about some of the myths people had about him, one of them was that he could whistle into a telephone with just the right frequency to launch or detonate an atomic bomb. Imagine what he could have done with access to the Internet!

Anyway, I don't think that's such a wise idea, unless they can only visit certain sites to keep up with the world, like CNN or something. There are too many Internet predators out there as it were, and letting criminals on there will probably just make the problem worse, once they get out. If there were given Internet access, I'd bet all their actions would be spied on, like most companies do to make sure their employees aren't wasting time and goofing off.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Maybe they wouldn't be in prison if they weren't on the Internet "[breaking] international copyright law by downloading MP3s from file-sharing sites like Morpheus or Grokster or Limewire or KaZaA," nor be treated like "the evil hard-bitten criminal scum [they] are," even if "[they're] a grandma or a seven year old girl."*

They're even lucky some of them get TV privileges, some equipment to work out, a library, or making a little bit of money for doing menial tasks. It could be a lot worse than it already is, especially in other countries. This is prison not computer camp. This is like Oliver Twist asking for some more food; he's lucky they even gave him gruel or whatever that nasty shit was the orphans ate.

If they wanted their freedom to roam the Internet, they should'nt have gotten busted in the first place. All you kiddies scared of being put away for smoking weed or whatever else illegal thing you're doing, well that's the breaks. Sometimes you gotta grow up and face the consequences.

*Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz-grdpKVqg.

There's nowhere I can't reach.