Comment by mardifoufs
2 years ago
There's a difference between rehabilitation and giving people access to the internet when serving a sentence for killing your wife and tormenting her family for like, 2 years because you hid the body even though everyone knew you killed her. Also, why shouldn't it be a little bit of both?
I don't have strong feelings about general internet access, but right now, I am probably spending $200k / year in tax dollars to keep him locked up behind bars. I'd be getting my money's worth.
I would much rather he be contributing to free software from behind bars. That's true more generally too. A plumber behind bars should be allowed to plumb. A carpenter to carpent.
Why shouldn't people in prison contribute back, if willing and able?
> I am probably spending $200k / year in tax dollars to keep him locked up behind bars.
At most you are spending $200K divided by the total amount of tax levied multiplied by your share of that total. Probably less than $1.
I grant you a trophy for your extreme talent for reading too literally, and then stating the obvious.
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